Mongi hails CMA’s commitment to sign Peace, Reconciliation Agreement in Mali

The Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mongi Hamdi hailed Friday, in Algiers, the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) for deciding to sign the peace and Reconciliation Agreement in Mali on June 20th in Bamako (Mali).

 “I hail the members of the CMA for deciding to sign the Peace and Reconciliation agreement in Mali, resulting from the Algiers process, on June 20th,” he said, in the signing ceremony of a record of conclusion of the preparatory consultations for the implementation of the Peace Agreement, and the security arrangement for a cessation of hostilities in Northern Mali

Furthermore, Mongi hailed Algeria, and at its head the President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika, for “its efforts made throughout the dialogue process for the return of peace and security in Mali,” dubbing the signing of these two documents, a “historic moment.”

He said that with the signing of the two documents, “the members of the CMA proved their ability to put the interest of Malians forward,” hailing “their courage, spirit of compromise and sense of responsibility.”

The head of the MINUSMA also hailed the heads of the political-military movements of Northern Mali engaged in the Algiers Platform for their active participation in the peace process and for having signed, on May 15th, the agreement in Bamako.