The joint EU/G5 Sahel meeting, convened on Wednesday 26 January specifically to address the worrying political situation in Mali and Burkina Faso, turned into bilateral dialogues between the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, and the respective foreign ministers of Mali, Niger, Mauritania and Chad, which holds the rotating presidency of the G5 Sahel.
In the absence of a minister from Burkina Faso (see EUROPE B12877A13), it was decided by...