11/04/2018
Swedish statement at the UNSC Briefing on MINUSMA and Mali Sanctions
Mr President, I want to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, for his thoughtful briefing to the Council today, and express appreciation for the presence of Foreign Minister Coulibaly. While it is clear that some progress is being made in Mali, concerns remain over the security situation and the pace of implementation of the peace agreement. I want to begin by paying tribute to the work of MINUSMA in difficult and often dangerous circumstances. Our thoughts remain with the families of the peacekeepers from Chad and Niger who lost their lives in the attacks which occurred in Aguelhok and Gao last week. The Malian government has the primary...
