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Central African Republic: France will send a thousand soldiers (Le Drian)

Minister Jean-Yves le Drian at the last Council of Defense Ministers, November 19 (© Th. Monass / B2)
Minister Jean-Yves le Drian at the last Council of Defense Ministers, November 19 (© Th. Monass / B2)

(BRUSSELS2) The French Defense Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed this morning (November 26), on Europe 1, that France would send to the Central African Republic “ of the order of a thousand soldiers » additional. They will be present for a short period, of the order of six months or so, in support of Misca and not 'first entry' as in Mali ". France " will accompany an African force being formed to ensure that this massacre stops and that we are in a position to restore order and serenity he clarified.

Humanitarian chaos and security collapse

Without using the term "genocide", Le Drian did not hide the urgency of stabilizing the country. The Central African Republic is in " a very serious condition. It is a state in the process of collapse. The state should not collapse.". This is " humanitarian chaos accompanied by a security collapse ". " There are exactions, massacres. (...) There is a tendency towards confessional confrontation brewing ».

Draft resolution at the UN in progress

Note that a draft resolution was prepared by France and communicated to the other members of the UN Security Council, it should be voted on next week, said the French permanent representative to the UN, G. Arraud . Or almost simultaneously with the Elysée summit for peace and security in Africa, organized in Paris on December 6 and 7.

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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).