Mali orders Swedish ambassador to leave within 72 hours
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The order comes days after a Swedish government minister announced that aid to Mali would be ‘phased out’, Azernews reports, citing foreign media.
Sweden’s ambassador to Bamako has been summoned and ordered to leave the country within 72 hours because of a “hostile” statement by a Swedish minister, Mali’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.
Mali’s move on Friday came days after Sweden’s minister for international development cooperation and trade, Johan Forssell, said the government had decided to phase out aid to Mali.
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