Brussels 29.01.2024 “The European Union regrets the decision taken by the transitional authorities to terminate the peace agreement signed in Algiers in 2015” reads the statement by the spokesperson of the European External Action service on the decision of Mali government to end the Algiers Peace Accord.

“The civilian populations of the north of the country will be the first to suffer the consequences of this unilateral decision. The negative impact that this rupture could have on all national and regional balances, while no alternative to the 2015 peace agreement has yet emerged, is real”

“The European Union remains convinced that dialogue must be prioritized to resolve differences and promote the establishment of lasting peace in Northern Mali” concludes the EU diplomacy.

The Algiers Accords, or officially referred to as the Accord for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, is a 2015 agreement aimed at ending the Mali War. The agreement was signed on May 15 and June 20, 2015 in the capital Bamako, following negotiations in Algiers, between the Republic of Mali and Coordination of Azawad Movements.

Malian government announced the end of a 2015 peace agreement with armed separatist groups. Should fighting intensify, it’s critical that the warring parties abide by international humanitarian law—the laws of war—and protect civilians against dangers arising from military operations, the Human Rights Watch underlines.

In a statement read on national television, Col. Abdoulaye Maïga, spokesperson for the Malian transitional government, ascertained the “absolute inapplicability” of the peace agreement due to other signatories’ “change of posture,” the commission of “terrorist acts,” as well as “hostile acts” by the government of Algeria, the deal’s main broker, which Malian authorities accuse of hosting suspected “terrorists.”