FILE PHOTO: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Ann Linde during the Foreign Ministers statements at the Nordic Council Session 2021, in the Folketing Hall at Christiansborg, in Copenhagen, Denmark. November 2, 2021. Mads Claus Rasmussen/ Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
BREST, France (Reuters) -Sweden will withdraw troops this year from a European special forces mission to the Sahel region and will review its participation in a U.N. force in Mali over the presence of private Russian military contractors, the foreign minister said.
Foreign Minister Ann Linde criticized Mali's military junta for trying to extend its grip on power and for hiring the Russian mercenaries.
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