Hi °C | Lo °C An eight-strong Irish military team is to be sent to Mali to join a training mission there.
The decision has yet to be rubber stamped but it is expected that the troops will be on the ground there within the next couple of months. A two-day meeting of EU defence ministers, which gets under way at Dublin Castle this morning, will be briefed by a commander of the training mission. The Irish contingent has been invited by the EU to take part in the mission and will involve about half a dozen military trainers and one or two staff officers. Britain has also offered to deploy about 40 military trainers, but its government is insisting on proper protection for the mission.
Irish Independent
