“The observation is that the conditions were no longer met to be able to continue a fight that we started in 2013,” she said. On the calendar of operations, Florence Parly wants to be reassuring. “We are going to put ourselves in working order to achieve” the French military withdrawal from Mali “within this period” of four to six months set by Emmanuel Macron, assured the Minister of the Army. This “operation”, she added, “will start these days”.
On the Ukrainian crisis: “We must not be naive”
Regarding the Ukrainian crisis, the Minister of the Armed Forces remains vigilant. “We do not know if this decision has been made or not. You really have to remain extremely careful, not to be naive, ”she confided. “We see significant forces that are massed.”