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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday that Mali\u2019s junta was \u201cout of control\u201d amid escalating tensions between the West African state and its European partners following two coups.<\/p>\n

He also called the junta illegitimate. French Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Saturday French troops would not stay in Mali if the price was too high.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe French ambassador to Bamako was summoned and notified of a decision by the government inviting him to leave the national territory within 72 hours following hostile and outrageous comments by the French foreign affairs minister recently,\u201d the government statement said.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate comment from Paris. France has had troops in Mali since 2013, when it intervened to drive back Islamist militants who were advancing on the capital. The Islamists have since regrouped and are waging an increasingly bloody insurgency across the Sahel region.<\/p>\n

Relations between Mali and its former coloniser deteriorated this month when the junta went back on an agreement to organise elections in February and proposed holding on to power until 2025. It has also deployed Russian private military contractors, which some European countries have said is incompatible with their mission.<\/p>\n

Mali last week asked Denmark to withdraw its troops belonging to a European task force in the country, which set off a fresh crisis. France asked Mali to let the Danish troops stay, and Mali\u2019s government spokesman told France to keep its \u201ccolonial reflexes\u201d to itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cReports the French Ambassador has been declared Persona Non Grata by Mali transitional authorities are unacceptable. Denmark stands in full solidarity with France,\u201d Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said in a tweet on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch irresponsible behaviour is not what we expect from Mali, which will lose international credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

European allies agreed on Friday to draw up plans within two weeks on how to continue their fight against Islamist militants in Mali, Denmark\u2019s defence minister said, after France said the situation with the junta had become untenable.<\/p>\n

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