Algeria expressed its “utter dismay” regarding the statement released by the Malian transitional government, as well as the one issued by the College of Heads of State of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES), according to a statement on Monday 07/04/25 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs.
“The Algerian government took note, with utter dismay, of the statement released by the Malian transitional government, as well as the one issued by the College of Heads of State of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES),” the ministry’s statement said.
“In its statement, Mali’s transitional government makes serious accusations against Algeria. Despite their gravity, these false allegations poorly mask an attempt to deflect attention from the obvious failure of what continues to be a coup-based project that has trapped Mali in a spiral of insecurity, instability, devastation and destitution,” the same source said.
“Algeria firmly rejects this pattern of malevolent and systematically unfounded attitudes through which the coup leaders currently controlling Mali futilely attempt to scapegoat our country for the failures that the Malian people are suffering from most severely,” the statement noted.
“The failure of this unconstitutional clique is evident at every level — political, economic and security-related. The only achievements this clique can claim are the fulfilment of personal ambitions at Mali’s expense, ensuring its own survival at the expense of Mali’s protection, and plundering the meagre resources of this brotherly country at the expense of its development,” the same source added.