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50 million euros for Misma promised by the EU

(BRUSSELS2) Andris Piebalgs, the European Commissioner for Development, confirmed this in Addis Ababa, during the meeting of donors for Mali. The European Union will allocate 50 million euros in favor of AFISMA - the African-led stabilization mission in Mali - through its Peace Facility for Africa. A budget necessary to allow the arrival of African troops in Mali. The duration of this aid is not specified. According to our information, this is only the first installment. Depending on the duration of the mission, he could be accompanied by a second.

250 million euros in development aid in preparation

This financial release is only one of the aspects of European aid. " The European Union is already preparing the resumption of its development cooperation, amounting to 250 million euros, in particular so that the population can once again have access to basic services, health, education and water clarified the commissioner. The development by the Malian authorities of a roadmap aimed at restoring democratic institutions will be at the heart of the debates at the meeting of the "Support and Monitoring Group" scheduled for Brussels on 5 February. " We hope that this great country, with a history several thousand years old, will once again become the model of democracy and development that it was until recently, and remain a model of tolerance. “explained, a bit lyrically, the commissioner during the conference.

Clearing house and EUTM Mali

It should be noted that this financial and development component is accompanied by a more operational component with the establishment of the Malian army training mission (EUTM Mali) such as the activation of an exchange structure in terms of military needs, the "clearing house", making it possible to link the means requested by the Africans (ECOWAS, and Mali) and the possibilities offered by the Europeans.

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Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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