France's defence minister has warned Mali that hiring paramilitaries from Russian private-security firm Wagner would isolate the country internationally, during a visit to the Sahel state.
Florence Parly told reporters on Monday that if Mali hired the firm, at a time when international partners fighting jihadism in the Sahel"had never been so numerous, such a choice would be that of isolation".
A Malian defence ministry official, who requested anonymity, told AFP that Camara had assured Parly that no decision had been made. Parly's visit follows months of tense relations between France and Mali, exacerbated by two military coups in the space of one year. Before meeting Camara on Monday, Parly told journalists:"We will not be able to cohabit with mercenaries".
But Goita overthrew the leaders of that interim government in May -- in a second putsch -- and was later declared interim president himself, drawing international condemnation.
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