EU releases extra €20 million crisis response and stabilisation support package for Mali

EU News 75/2013

15 February 2013
Brussels
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A first 20 million Euro stabilisation support package was approved today under the Instrument for Stability (IfS) to provide immediate support to Mali's law enforcement and justice services, the Malian local authorities, dialogue and reconciliation initiatives at local level, and the first phases of the upcoming electoral process. This decision puts into practice commitments agreed by the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council of 17 January.

Source and additional information:
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/135462.pdf

File Image: Ministerial Conference on Mali. 05/02/2013. Mr Ramtane LAMAMRA, African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ms Catherine ASHTON, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Photo Credit "The Council of the European Union", 2013, URL 

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