Sources of the Ministry of Defense: It is being examined and it has not been decided to send a Force to the Sahel

No decision has been made on the possible deployment of Greek forces in the Sahel region in sub-Saharan Africa as the issue is being examined by the relevant officials, underline sources of the Ministry of National Defense on the occasion of estimates and speculations transmitted by a portion of the media. “Those who try to distort this clear position are simply lying,” he said.

It is recalled that the Minister of National Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos has stressed during the teleconference of the Ministers of Defense and International Partners for the “Task Force Takuba” chaired by the French Minister of Defense Florence Parley, on April 7, 2021, that and other EU Member States on security in the region.

It is pointed out that a European force is operating in the Sahel under the auspices of France with the cooperation of the United States, NATO support, the approval of the United Nations Security Council and at the invitation of the five countries (Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Chad, Mali and Niger) which make up the G5 Sahel (G5S).

Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

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Source From: Capital

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