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The African Union has approved sending 3,300 troops to Mali for a year to resolve the crisis situation in the north of the country.
The UN Security Council earlier demanded concrete decisions about the size, financing and planned operations of the troops who will attempt to normalize the situation in Mali.
The exodus of Tuareg tribes from Libya led to a separatist war, and formation of a self-proclaimed state Azavad in April, which occupied two-thirds of Malian territory.
ECOWAS ready to send troops to Mali
West African countries are awaiting the United Nations approval for a military operation against Islamists in northern Mali, President of the ECOWAS Commission Kadre Desire Quedraogo announced on Tuesday.
Earlier, West-African leaders, meeing in the Nigerian capital Abuja, agreed to send 3,300 ECOWAS servicemen to the north of Mali.
A detailed plan of the operation will be submitted to the UN by the end of November.
In March 2012, Tuareg rebels tribes and Islamists, making use of the instability in the wake of a military coup in Mali, seized control of the north and proclaimed independence.
Voice of Russia, RIA, IF
The UN Security Council earlier demanded concrete decisions about the size, financing and planned operations of the troops who will attempt to normalize the situation in Mali.
The exodus of Tuareg tribes from Libya led to a separatist war, and formation of a self-proclaimed state Azavad in April, which occupied two-thirds of Malian territory.
ECOWAS ready to send troops to Mali
West African countries are awaiting the United Nations approval for a military operation against Islamists in northern Mali, President of the ECOWAS Commission Kadre Desire Quedraogo announced on Tuesday.
Earlier, West-African leaders, meeing in the Nigerian capital Abuja, agreed to send 3,300 ECOWAS servicemen to the north of Mali.
A detailed plan of the operation will be submitted to the UN by the end of November.
In March 2012, Tuareg rebels tribes and Islamists, making use of the instability in the wake of a military coup in Mali, seized control of the north and proclaimed independence.
Voice of Russia, RIA, IF
