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Mali: OIF Secretary General condemns attack on Malian hotel
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Secretary General of the International Francophonie Organization (OIF), Mrs Michaëlle Jean, has condemned the attack perpetrated on 7 August on Byblos Hotel in the Malian city of Sevare, near Mopti, which claimed the lives for 13 including.
The dead included 5 peacekeepers, 4 assailants and 4 Malian soldiers.
In a declaration received by PANA on Tuesday, Mrs Jean said that "the horrible and barbaric attack" illustrated once again the determination of "the evil forces" to thwart the recent peace deal signed in Mali.
She expressed to the Malian people the full support of the Francophone community in the fight against terror and extended her condolences to the families, relatives of the victims and the Malian authorities.
Heads of State and government who have the French language in common and who met in Dakar on 29-30 November 2014 in Dakar, Senegal, adopted a resolution condemning without reservation terrorism under all its forms and manifestations.
Mrs Jean on 15 May in Bamako attended the signing of the Malian national peace and reconciliation deal between the government, several armed groups in northern Mali and the international mediators chaired by Algeria.
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The dead included 5 peacekeepers, 4 assailants and 4 Malian soldiers.
In a declaration received by PANA on Tuesday, Mrs Jean said that "the horrible and barbaric attack" illustrated once again the determination of "the evil forces" to thwart the recent peace deal signed in Mali.
She expressed to the Malian people the full support of the Francophone community in the fight against terror and extended her condolences to the families, relatives of the victims and the Malian authorities.
Heads of State and government who have the French language in common and who met in Dakar on 29-30 November 2014 in Dakar, Senegal, adopted a resolution condemning without reservation terrorism under all its forms and manifestations.
Mrs Jean on 15 May in Bamako attended the signing of the Malian national peace and reconciliation deal between the government, several armed groups in northern Mali and the international mediators chaired by Algeria.
-0- PANA GT/IS/MSA/MA 18Aug2015
