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Mali’s foreign ministry confirmed that Bamako summoned the Algerian ambassador to inform him of her protest against the background of Algeria’s recent “unfriendly” actions, under the cover of the Malian peace process.
“The repeated meetings held in Algeria at the highest levels and without the slightest knowledge or interference from the Malian authorities, on the one hand, with people known for their hostility to the Malian government, and on the other hand, with some movements that signed the 2015 agreement and chose the terrorist camp, will spoil the good relations between Mali and its northern neighbor,” a statement warned a foreign ministry statement.
Mali is taking Algeria to hold meetings with Tuareg separatists without involving Malian authorities, the ministry said.
“These actions constitute interference in Mali’s internal affairs,” the Malian foreign ministry said, calling on the Algerian side to prefer the path of consultation with Malian authorities, the sole legitimate authorities, to maintain state-to-state communication with Mali’s partners.
Algeria is the main country brokering the return of peace to northern Mali after the 2015 Algiers Agreement between the Malian government and Tuareg armed groups.
Since the end of August, these groups have resumed military operations against the Malian army in the north of the country, after years of calm.
The belligerents are vying for control of territory and camps, vacated by peacekeepers from the U.N. mission deployed since 2013 in the country, which have been driven out by the military since it seized power in 2020.