Mali - Q&A from the press briefing (5 October 2020)

Q: Mali released more than a hundred convicted or presumed jihadists this weekend as part of negotiations to free a Malian politician and a Frenchwoman who were assumed to be in the hands of the jihadists. What can you say about that?

A: We have no particular remarks at this stage and are conducting the necessary verifications with the Malian authorities.