European Foreign Ministers reaffirmed on Monday 13 May in Brussels that the Sahel is a strategic priority for the EU and its Member States and that the EU stands by the authorities and people of this African region facing multiple challenges, as part of its integrated holistic strategy for the Sahel.
The exchange of views they had in preparation for their meeting on Tuesday with EU Defence Ministers and their counterparts from the G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger...