Biden extends the national emergency regarding Mali for another year

MADRID, 23 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has signed an executive order this Friday by which he extends the national emergency with respect to Mali for another year.

The declared national emergency in Mali was adopted on July 26, 2019 to "address the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States" in the African country.

In this sense, the US president has transmitted to Congress his intention to renew the emergency declaration for the second time, given that Mali continues in the same situation and continues to represent "an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States". Joined".

Among the reasons are that in the African country "ceasefire agreements" would have been violated, terrorist activities would have expanded to the south and center of Mali, there would also have been an intensification of drug trafficking and human trafficking. of people, human rights abuses and hostage taking.

Added to all this is "another coup d'état", "the presence of foreign mercenaries who threaten peace, security and stability", and the intensification of attacks against civilians, the Malian defense and security forces, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and international security presences.