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After five months in detention, Mali has agreed to release 46 Ivorian soldiers.

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According to reports, the Malian administration agreed on Thursday in Bamako to free the 46 Ivoirian troops who have been imprisoned in the Malian capital for the past five months in the presence of the Togolese mediator & a Cote d'Ivoire delegation.

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For consultations with the Malian government, a ministerial delegation from Ivory Coast and a facilitator from Togo arrived on Thursday. In an effort to defuse the rising tensions around this matter, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara recently wrote to Colonel Assimi Gota, prompting the organization of the trip.

The Mali presidency stated on social media after the meeting that this agreement should "promote peace" between the two nations in order to "overcome this event."

The text has been approved, but it has not yet been signed. The inmates' dossier, which was delivered to the General Prosecutor's office on November 25, has added another layer of complexity.

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According to reports, either the Malian authorities dismiss the case or they continue to prosecute the troops who were charged with undermining the Malian state.

Téné Birahima Ouattara, the leader of the Ivorian delegation and minister of state for defense, described the troops' imprisonment as "a question that is in the process of being rectified."

We can claim that our time spent in Mali was productive, Birahima continued.

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