After
a discussion this morning with a Malian friend, who is a former senior UN
official, what I retained can be easily summarised in a few words: a failed
political process and damaging high level corruption.
Basically,
this means that unless the domestic leaders and the international community representatives
address these two fundamental issues there will be no peace, stability and
economic revival in the foreseeable future. And the country will remain dangerously
insecure, dramatically poor and a major source of illegal immigration.
I
do not think we can expect much of the current national leadership if we do not
discuss the situation frankly with them. This is no time for us, the outside
friends of Mali, to be ambiguous. We are required to be frank, courageous but
also practice good diplomatic judgement.
Who
should take the lead in the policy dialogue, as far as the international
community is concerned?
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