The fight against terrorists and criminals is the focus of the international military operation in Mali. The Bundeswehr should continue to participate – but under different conditions than before.
The federal government wants to continue the missions of German soldiers in West Africa in a modified form. On Wednesday in Berlin, the cabinet decided, among other things, on a new mandate for German participation in the UN stabilization mission MINUSMA in Mali.
The upper personnel limit is to rise from 1,100 to 1,400 soldiers. “We are flying the flag for the security of the people in Mali,” stressed Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) afterwards at the first reading in the Bundestag. The mission is also intended to prevent terrorist organizations and organized crime from creating safe havens in the Sahel zone.
The Bundestag decides on the extension of the Minusma mandate as well as on further participation in EUTM, a European training mission. EUTM was put on hold as a result of the military coup in Mali and is now to be reassessed. According to the cabinet decision, a focus of operations is now planned in neighboring Niger, where German commandos will then train local forces to fight terrorism and armed gangs.
CDU MP Jürgen Hardt described the Minusma deployment as correct, but left open the approval of his parliamentary group. Among other things, the federal government must ensure that the air support of the German troops is secured even after the announced withdrawal of the French.
Development Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD) described the mission as an essential prerequisite for development cooperation with Mali: “Human security cannot be created militarily alone, this also includes food security, income security, energy security, in short: stable, secure livelihoods. Security and development are two sides of the same coin.»
Source: Stern
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