Vietnam calls for stability in Mali toward 2022 elections
VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat to the United Nations has called on Mali to maintain national stability and reconciliation to hold free and fair elections in 2022.
Addressing a UN Security Council debate on June 14, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese delegation to the UN, expressed concern over recent developments in Mali, saying the May 24 coup has posed risks to the transition process, destabilizing the situation and making implementation of the 2015 Peace Agreement more difficult.
He called on concerned parties to intensify efforts for national reconciliation, and resolve differences through dialogue and consultation.
Vietnam supports efforts by regional organizations, especially the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) to implement the transition process in Mali, said the diplomat.
Vietnam also welcomes and supports efforts by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) to maintain stability in the nation, stressed Quy.
He urged the international community to continue supporting Malians in addressing humanitarian challenges in the nation.
At the event, El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative and Head of the MINUSMA, noted strong international support is needed to ameliorate the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in Mali.
According to the UN official, the security and humanitarian situation in Mali is worsening. More Malians are currently displaced than at the height of the crisis in June 2013, and almost half of the schools in central Mali are closed due to the threat of violence.
Representatives of participating countries called on the transitional Government to facilitate free, fair elections by February 2022 so that Malians can assume responsibility for national stability.