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"Mr President, Baroness Ashton, the tragedy of Mali is the chronicle of a death foretold. One year ago, I had the honour of being the chief observer of an EU election observation mission in Niger; the Nigerien authorities – who knew exactly what they were talking about – and the few ambassadors posted there warned the European governments that there would be terrible consequences for all the Sahel countries if the Tuaregs, who formed part of Gaddafi’s army of mercenaries, returned. They said that those armed Tuaregs would unite, in particular, with their supporters in those countries and also with forces of the al-Qaeda organisation in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM); they also warned that AQIM had infiltrated the Libyan rebels.
Baroness Ashton, I am very pleased about the measures you announced for all the Sahel countries, but I would just say that those measures need to be taken urgently and quickly because otherwise, we are going to be facing a truly pressing problem. Most of those countries could soon come under the control of the fundamentalist AQIM forces, all of which will be happening on Europe’s doorstep.
I should not like to finish without mentioning all those people who have been abducted by AQIM, and I urge you to take all possible measures to bring about their swift liberation."@en1
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