The Malian community of Angers and city representatives side by side in the Mali crisis

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The Malian community of Angers pointed out on January 26th its frontal opposition to the Angers committee of the Mouvement pour la paix which, a few days ago, critized the involvement of France in the war against the terrorism of islamists in Mali. Malians living in Angers accompanied by the mayor of Angers, Frédéric Béatse, and the president of the Conseil général, Christophe Béchu, demonstrated side by side in Angers streets to support Malian population, victim of a conflict between its armed forces and islamist terrorists.


"The Malian community living in Angers launches an appeal for peace, for national integrity of [the country], secularism, tolerance, unity, security and democratic stability", said Lanse Coulibaly, president of the Malian community of Angers. A company of the 6th engineering regiment located in Angers has recently been sent to Mali to bring technical support to other French armed forces involved in the fight againts the islamists.

Another Malian association of Angers, Devoir de génération, pointed out that it was the the Malian people itself which asked the intervention of France "against terrorists". From the references to Malian unity of the two movements, it's cleart that those do not support the idea of independance claimed by a Malian  writer settled in Angers, Moussa Ag Assarid, whom it was said that he may have joined armed rebels forces in Mali a few months ago. Angers city brought aid to the capital of Mali, Bamako, a city the town of Anjou is twinned with.