French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius speaks to journalists following a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris November 3, 2013. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - France will not delay its troop withdrawal from Mali despite a resurgence in violence that saw two French journalists killed at the weekend, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.
France, which sent soldiers to its former colony in January to combat militants who had taken over swathes of the country, has already pushed back by two months plans to reduce troop numbers to 1,000, from 3,200 by the end of the year.
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