Dakar, Senegal (AP) – A military alliance between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger withdrew their ambassadors from Algeria in response Enter a financial drone This week, the group said late on Sunday.
The coalition of the Sahal countries, which is in its brief French AES, blamed Algeria on social media for the entry of drones and its condemnation as a “irresponsible act” that violates international law.
The group said that this was “contrary to historical relations and sister relations between the peoples of AES and the Algerian people.”
In a statement on the social media of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the financial prime minister, General Abdel -Alam Maija, denied the Algerian government’s demands that the drone had violated Algeria’s airspace with more than 2 kilometers (1.2 miles). He claimed that “this procedure proves, if there is a need for evidence, that the Algerian regime is sponsoring international terrorism.”
In the statement, Mali also summoned the Algerian ambassador, withdrew from a 15 -year -old regional military group that includes a Niger colleague, and will file a complaint to “international bodies” about the accident.
This development comes with the high tensions between Algeria and its southern neighbors, including Mali.
After reaching power, festivals in the three AES countries left the economic community in the states of West Africa, which is the 50 -year -old regional bloc known as Ecowas, and created its own security partnership, The coalition of the coast countriesSeptember last year.
Some analysts described it as an attempt to legitimize their military governments, amid penalties related to coup and strained relations with neighbors.
Rida Lamori, a coast expert at the Center for Politics in Morocco in New South, said that the latest war of words was unlikely to escalate after that. He questioned the ability of the financial government to conduct a comprehensive investigation because the incident “occurred in an irreplaceable area, and the remainder of the drone has been recovered by the opposition groups of the government.”
“These things are unlikely to escalate beyond the communication war. Mali, and other AES members will not participate militarily against Algeria, and vice versa. This is likely to increase the existing diplomatic tensions at the present time,” Liemeri continued.
Algeria was once a major mediator in more than a decade The conflict between the Mali government and the Tuareg rebel. But the two countries have grown since the military council organized coups in 2020 and 2021, putting military individuals responsible for the main financial institutions.
Algeria denounced the direction taken by the new Mali government and its expanded efforts to crush the rebellion in historical parts of northern Mali. For fear of the conflict on the border, Algerian officials denounced financial use of Russian mercenaries and armed aircraft near Tin Zawatin, a border city in the north, the drone was found.
The financial government of the financial plane and videos that were seen on the social media, published by the northern rebels, did not restore in the possession of Turkish drones made by Pacar in Tin Zawatin. Mali bought at least two of the Turkish company last year and used it against armed separatists, as well as fighters linked to al -Qaeda and the Islamic State Group.
In Algeria, there is one of the largest armies in Africa and considered itself a long regional power, but the military leaders in Mali and the neighboring Niger may distance themselves because they defended autonomy and requested new alliances, including Russia.