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Mali: Armed Conflict

Commons · Question 92557 · Tabled 19 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2025

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Russian mercenary groups operating in Mali on efforts to counter Islamist insurgencies; and what pot

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Answered by Chris Elmore, 26 Nov 2025

The continued terrorist fuel blockade is deeply concerning for Mali, and for the wider region, and we condemn its impact on civilians. The Foreign Secretary wrote to Foreign Minister Diop on 6 November, and the Minister for International Development and A...