The European Union has announced the end of its military training missions in Mali, saying the ruling Malian junta is not able to guarantee that Russian military contractors would not interfere in the work. But the block said it would keep a military presence in the Sahel region.
"We are halting the training missions for the [Malian] armed forces and national guard," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told a media conference Monday after chairing a meeting of foreign ministers that discussed the situation in Mali.
