From Wednesday 31 March to Friday 2 April 2021, Minister of Defense Lubomír Metnar visited Mali, where Czech soldiers are serving in the EUTM Mali training mission and, since the beginning of the year, also in the Takuba task force under French Operation Barkhane.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to open a Czech diplomatic office in Mali in 2019 - 75-month sentence for two Czechs confirmed in Turkey for their cooperation with the YPG - The Czech Army wants to raise the number of troops up to 30,000 by 2026 - Minister of Defence Metnar has announced he would not offer his resignation over …