An international mediation delegation has met with the Tuareg rebel coalition Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) in northern Mali in an attempt to renew dialogue between the signatory parties to the 2015 peace agreement.
This international mission, composed of ambassadors, diplomats and independent observers accredited in the country, traveled from Bamako to the Tuareg stronghold of Kidal, in the north of the country, with the aim of holding a meeting to bring closer positions with the Malian government, as reported Thursday by the Maliweb news portal Maliweb.
The meeting was also attended by representatives of the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), according to a spokesman for the AMC, Attaye Ag Mohamed, on his Twitter profile.
«We are asking the two parties to return to dialogue,» explained a diplomatic source with knowledge of the mediation process, carried out by Algeria, adding that it seeks to «relaunch» the holding of commissions to follow up on the agreement, Radio France Internationale reported.
The CMA, an alliance of Tuareg nationalist groups and Northern Arabs, suspended in December its participation in the 2015 peace agreement and demanded an international mediation process in a neutral venue in the face of the Malian junta’s unwillingness to comply with what was agreed.
Prior to that, the Tuareg coalition asked Algeria for an emergency meeting in the face of what they perceived as the collapse of the peace agreement signed that country in 2015, citing the «persistent lack of political will of the transitional authorities» to end hostilities in the Azawad region, where separatists are demanding greater autonomy.
Under the pact signed in 2015, Tuareg separatist groups were made part of the Armed Forces, a ceasefire was sealed and it was proposed to give more powers to the northern part of Mali, as well as the creation of a regional security force and a development plan.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
