FILE PHOTO: Denmark's Minister of Defence Trine Bramsen participates in a celebration of UN's 75th anniversary and and a wreath laying ceremony at Kastellet in Copenhagen, Denmark October 24, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix/Olafur Steinar Gestsson via REUTERS
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The European military mission fighting Islamist militants in Mali will forge a new plan of action within two weeks after the country's ruling military junta demanded the withdrawal of Danish special forces, Denmark's defence minister said on Friday.
Denmark said on Thursday it was pulling its troops out after the junta insisted on an immediate withdrawal, even though France and 14 other European countries had urged the junta to allow Danish special forces to remain in Mali.
