Qatar Sends 24 Armoured Vehicles To Mali
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published December 29, 2018 | 10:42 AM
Qatar has sent 24 armoured vehicles to Mali, army officials from both countries said Friday, as Doha pledges closer ties with the West African Sahel country locked in a battle with jihadist insurgents.
Bamako, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Dec, 2018 ) :Qatar has sent 24 armoured vehicles to Mali, army officials from both countries said Friday, as Doha pledges closer ties with the West African Sahel country locked in a battle with jihadist insurgents.
Qatari General al-Ghaffari said the vehicles would be used by the Malian army operating in areas with mines and improvised explosives.
"There will now be permanent cooperation between our armies in the fields of training, unit equipment and military exchanges between our countries," he told reporters in Mali's capital Bamako Friday.
Malian general Moustapha Drabo said the vehicles would help "protect our forces against ambushes, which is the tactic used by the terrorists".
Mali has been struggling to return to stability after Islamist extremists took control of the north in early 2012, prompting a military intervention by France.
The extremists were routed in the French operation in 2013 but large stretches of the landlocked African state remain out of government control.
Qatar has recently been looking to shore up allies outside its own region, where it is in a bitter feud with its Gulf neighbours.
"With this gesture, Qatar is clearly showing that Mali is among its allies in the Sahel, where Doha will be visibly more present," Malian sociologist Mamadou Samake said.
Qatar has found itself isolated since Saudi Arabia, along with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, severed diplomatic ties with Doha in 2017, accusing it of supporting terrorism and fostering close ties with their regional rival Iran -- charges that Doha denies.
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