all military agreements from France in Africa.
Considering that France "was not intended to maintain indefinitely the armed forces in Africa, nor had it" to play the role of policeman, "the Head of State announced the renegotiation" all military agreements from France in Africa. " Their "Writing" is "outdated" at-1960 has the same meaning today ". "It is no longer conceivable that we may be drawn into internal conflicts," he said. "Contrary to past practice, he promised, these new agreements will be published in full."
To reassure worried Nicolas Sarkozy has seen fit to make it clear that he did not believe it necessary to "make a clean sweep and clear everything with a single stroke of the pen. […] This is not a disengagement of France, but the security of Africa is first and foremost an African. "
Rwanda. These statements foreshadow-9000 french soldiers present on the African continent? Perhaps not. What is certain is that France no longer wanted to stay in face-to-face with these former colonies. This policy is not entirely a break sarkozyste. Born of trauma Rwanda, she dated a decade (African summit du Louvre in 1998). It is to associate, as systematically as possible, African and European partners to crisis management, always within the framework of international resolutions. This concept called Recamp (Capacity Building African peacekeeping) has been implemented gradually. However, he suffered a serious backlash with the crisis in Ivory Coast, where France has been directly involved.
France was also completed during the summer of 2007, the reorganization of its military in Africa. Four clusters correspond to the four "sub-regions" in shaping what could be the future map of settlements French. They are Dakar (Senegal), Libreville (Gabon), Djibouti and La Reunion. In each of its poles, France has set up a small staff and pre equipment. They participate in training armies in the region and are expected to host European officers. For the moment, has just one British and one Belgian…
The Ivory Coast is not among the sites selected and the military french no secret of their desire to leave the country as soon as possible. The staff have been severely reduced (1800 men) and the military will now earmarked for external operations, rather than the forces of "presence", making their departure much easier.
"Sandpit. In Chad, France is the initiator - and, despite it, the main contributor - of the European Force (EUFOR) took over its deployment, after the recent events, during which France found itself in the front line . The announcement of the opening of a base in Abu Dhabi has revived speculation about the future of Djibouti. But there is no indication, at present, that the soldiers are preparing to abandon their "sandbox" preferred in Africa. Although Manning (2900 men) will be reduced.
To reassure worried Nicolas Sarkozy has seen fit to make it clear that he did not believe it necessary to "make a clean sweep and clear everything with a single stroke of the pen. […] This is not a disengagement of France, but the security of Africa is first and foremost an African. "
Rwanda. These statements foreshadow-9000 french soldiers present on the African continent? Perhaps not. What is certain is that France no longer wanted to stay in face-to-face with these former colonies. This policy is not entirely a break sarkozyste. Born of trauma Rwanda, she dated a decade (African summit du Louvre in 1998). It is to associate, as systematically as possible, African and European partners to crisis management, always within the framework of international resolutions. This concept called Recamp (Capacity Building African peacekeeping) has been implemented gradually. However, he suffered a serious backlash with the crisis in Ivory Coast, where France has been directly involved.
France was also completed during the summer of 2007, the reorganization of its military in Africa. Four clusters correspond to the four "sub-regions" in shaping what could be the future map of settlements French. They are Dakar (Senegal), Libreville (Gabon), Djibouti and La Reunion. In each of its poles, France has set up a small staff and pre equipment. They participate in training armies in the region and are expected to host European officers. For the moment, has just one British and one Belgian…
The Ivory Coast is not among the sites selected and the military french no secret of their desire to leave the country as soon as possible. The staff have been severely reduced (1800 men) and the military will now earmarked for external operations, rather than the forces of "presence", making their departure much easier.
"Sandpit. In Chad, France is the initiator - and, despite it, the main contributor - of the European Force (EUFOR) took over its deployment, after the recent events, during which France found itself in the front line . The announcement of the opening of a base in Abu Dhabi has revived speculation about the future of Djibouti. But there is no indication, at present, that the soldiers are preparing to abandon their "sandbox" preferred in Africa. Although Manning (2900 men) will be reduced.
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