German Armed Forces - Pistorius wants to receive soldiers after end of Mali mission
Following the end of the UN mission in Mali, West Africa, Federal Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius (SPD) plans to receive the returning soldiers at the air base in Wunstorf near Hanover on Friday. A so-called returnee roll call is planned to "honor their achievements", the press office of Air Force Wing 62 in Wunstorf announced on Tuesday evening. According to the information provided, the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, Tobias Lindner (Green Party), and the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, General Carsten Breuer, will also be attending.
The Bundeswehr has ended its UN mission in Mali after more than a decade. According to the mission command, the last 142 soldiers were on their way back via the Senegalese capital Dakar on Tuesday. They are due to land in Wunstorf on Friday in several transport planes. Mali's military government had demanded the withdrawal of all 12,000 UN peacekeepers in June and had previously increased cooperation with Russia.
Following the withdrawal from Afghanistan, this marked the end of the Bundeswehr's second major deployment outside Europe. The mission in West Africa was recently regarded as the most dangerous deployment. The field camp was handed over to Mali on Tuesday before departure. In recent years, it has been the center of the German contribution to the UN peacekeeping mission Minusma.
Participation of the Bundeswehr in Minusma
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- Tobias Lindner, a prominent Green Party member serving as the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, will join Boris Pistorius, the SPD's Federal Minister of Defense, in welcoming the returning German soldiers from their UN mission in Mali.
- The withdrawal of the Bundeswehr's forces from Mali marks a significant milestone, as it marks the end of the German armed forces' involvement in a major deployment outside of Europe, following their withdrawal from Afghanistan.
- The federal armed forces, including soldiers from Wunstorf in Lower Saxony, which is close to Hanover, have concluded their UN mission in Mali, a mission that was widely considered as one of the most dangerous deployments for the Bundeswehr.
- The Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, General Carsten Breuer, will also be present during the returnee roll call, honoring the achievements of the soldiers who served in Mali and are now set to return to Germany.
- Boris Pistorius, along with Tobias Lindner and General Carsten Breuer, will be at the air base in Wunstorf, welcoming the 142 returning soldiers who have been on their way back from Mali via Dakar, Senegal.
- The mission in Mali had become the center of Germany's contribution to the UN peacekeeping mission Minusma over the past few years, with the German forces handing over their field camp to Mali's military government prior to their departure.
- This withdrawal from Mali coincides with increasing cooperation between Mali's military government and Russia, as well as their request for all 12,000 UN peacekeepers to be withdrawn, which the United Nations ultimately had to grant.
Source: www.stern.de
