West African Leaders Meet to Adopt Mali Intervention Plan

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Posted on November 13, 2012 at 12:07:54 PM AEDT

West African leaders “endorsed the main recommendations” of a plan to intervene militarily in Mali, and will commit 3,300 troops to help retake that country’s northern region, which has been occupied by rebel groups since April, according to a statement.

The Economic Community of West African States “reiterates that dialogue remains the preferred option in the resolution of the political crisis in Mali,” the group said in a statement issued today at the end of a summit in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. “However, regarding the security situation, recourse to force may be indispensable in order to dismantle terrorist and transnational criminal networks that pose a threat to international peace and security.”

The Republic of Sierra leone is a member of The Economic Community of West African States.

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