EU military wants to partner with Canada in Mali as it races for exit cdnpoli
Gen. Esa Pulkkinen, director general of the EU's military staff, told The Canadian Press that he has asked the Canadian government to bring its military training expertise to Mali as part of a broader effort to stamp out Islamic extremism in Africa's Sahel region.
Those threats include the mass northward migration to Europe, an increase in the smuggling of arms, drugs and human trafficking, as well as terrorism. Joining forces with Canada would be a natural fit, he noted, because the EU mission is predicated on the same shared values. The drawdown has moved the UN to formally ask Canada to extend its mission in what appears to be a final effort to prevent a gap in military medical evacuations for wounded peacekeepers and UN staff.
The government, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has repeatedly played down the gap it would be creating by leaving Mali on schedule.
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