While France withdrew its troops from Mali in August and the EU’s training missions in Mali and the Central African Republic (CAR) have been reduced, Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová said on Tuesday 30 August in Prague that it was necessary to keep European soldiers in the Sahel so as not to leave a space for the Russians.
At the press conference following the informal meeting of defence ministers in Prague (see EUROPE B13010A1), Ms Černochová explained that the situation in...