Germany Plans To Increase Support For Reconciliation In Mali -- Deutsche Welle
The German cabinet has decided that Germany should step up its involvement in Mali. The peace process in the West African state is moving forward only slowly.
The German cabinet has given the green light for an expansion of the German armed forces' mission in Mali. The country's maximum permissible troop contingent is to be increased from 180 to 250 soldiers. Parliament still has to approve the decision. "It can be seen that the international community, the European Union and other states, are needed in Africa," German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen said before Wednesday's (05.02.2014) cabinet decision. Within an international alliance, it is important "that we also raise our voice and express our concrete views," she added.
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