Canada’s peacekeeping mission in Mali will end in July as planned, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has confirmed.
“The United Nations is working with other nations to look at replacing us,” Sajjan told Chris Hall in an interview airing today on CBC Radio’s The House. Sajjan spoke to Hall before his speech Friday to the tenth annual Halifax International Security Forum, a gathering of global leaders discussing major security and defence issues.
Sajjan said Canada will have fulfilled its year-long promise to head the Mali mission by July. The Canadian Press reported this week that the UN has quietly asked Canada about extending its role.
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Source: CBC News