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Council reiterated AU’s support to the Malian transitional authorities, particularly
President Dioncounda Traoré and Prime Minister Diango Cissoko, and called on all Malian
stakeholders to rally behind them at this very difficult juncture and to place the fundamental
interests of Mali above narrow political considerations.
Council noted with appreciation the steps taken by the Commission in close coordination
with ECOWAS and the UN, and looks forward to the early convening of the next meeting of the
Support and Follow‐up Group on the Situation in Mali to further mobilize the international
community in support of Mali and the African‐led efforts. Council encouraged the Commission
to finalize the preparations for the holding, on the margins of the forthcoming AU Summit, of
the donors’ conference, as requested by Council in the communiqué adopted at its 341st
meeting held on 13 November 2012, and subsequently supported by the UN Security Council in
resolution 2085(2012).
Council welcomed the visits that the AU High Representative for Mali and the Sahel,
former President Pierre Buyoya, has recently undertaken to Mali and Niger, for consultations
with the authorities of these countries, and requested the Commission to continue to monitor
the situation closely and to report to it regularly.
Council encouraged the Commission to pursue the implementation of the Strategic
Concept for the Resolution of the Crises in Mali, adopted by Council on 24 October 2012.
Council agreed to review the situation in Mali on the occasion of its meeting at the level
of the Heads of State and Government, scheduled to take place on the margins of the
forthcoming AU Summit, at the end of January 2013.