The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mali announced it is recalling its ambassador in Algiers for consultation with immediate effect in a statement after Algerian officials criticized the recent escal.
The Malian ambassador to Algiers was summoned to the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday to discuss "the latest developments in the situation in the sub-Saharan country", the day after Bamako summoned the Algerian ambassador to Mali.
Algiers, Dec 21 (EFE).- Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf on Thursday summoned Mali’s ambassador, Mahamane Amadou Maiga, shortly after Bamako did the same, accusing Algiers of “interference” for hosting an influential religious opponent of the Malian military junta. Attaf told the Malian ambassador of “Algeria’s firm attachment to the sovereignty of the Republic of Mali, …