"Our mission is to liberate Mali, strengthen the country, and to assure sovereignty," Le Drian said in Gao, the main town in northern Mali, shortly after he visited troops in the mountains. "The security of Mali, and the security of our country, go together," he said.
France launched a ground and air operation on January 11, saying the Islamist rebels' hold of Mali's north posed a risk to the security of West Africa and Europe.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/07/us-mali-rebels-idUSBRE92614620130307
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