Malian people urged to resist rebels
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E-mail Xinhua, April 6, 2012
The National Committee for the Recovery of Democracy and the Restoration of the State (CNRDRE, junta) on Thursday called on Malian people to resist invasion of rebel groups and other extremist assailants.
The junta, which overthrew the Malian government on March 22, "expresses solidarity with the Malian people sequestered on Malian territory invaded by rebel groups and other extremist assailants," according to its signed statement from CNRDRE spokesman Lieutenant Amadou Konare.
The junta urged people to resist and pledged the state would do everything possible as soon as possible to ensure their safety, according to the statement.
Furthermore, the junta expressed its deep concern at the kidnapping on Thursday of Algerian diplomats in Gao, and strongly condemned such act which endangers human life and the excellent relations between Mali and Algeria.
The junta warned the perpetrators of this act against any threat to those kidnapped, and called for regional action to safeguard the territorial integrity, stability and development in Mali as well as in the Sahel-Saharan Africa, according to the statement.
The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) on Thursday also condemned the abduction of Algerian diplomats and all acts of vandalism and attacks against civilians in the liberated cities, according to a statement on the website of www. mnlamov.net.
The MNLA announced late Wednesday that it decided to put an end to its military operations as of Thursday, days after the Tuareg rebels of the MNLA captured Mali's important northern towns of Timbuktu, Kidal and Gao.
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