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Mali agrees to release 46 Ivorian soldiers after five months in detention

File photo of Malian interim President, Colonel Assimi Goita (C), with members of the Supreme Court during his swearing in ceremony in Bamako on June 7, 2021 AFP - ANNIE RISEMBERG

In the presence of the Togolese mediator and Cote d’Ivoire delegation, the Malian government agreed on Thursday in Bamako to release the 46 Ivoirian soldiers who have been detained for the past five months in the Malian capital.

The Ivorian ministerial delegation arrived on Thursday, along with the Togolese facilitator, for talks with the Malian government. The trip was organised after Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara recently sent a letter to Colonel Assimi Goïta in order to lower the heightened tensions over this issue.

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