United Nations: demanding immediate release of detained Malian president by mutineers

According to the Russian satellite news agency on August 19, the spokesman for the United Nations Secretary General dujarik said in a statement that the United Nations Secretary General Guterres demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Mali’s president and cabinet members. The statement said: “the secretary general is following with deep concern the ongoing events in Mali, including the military insurgency, which eventually led to the President And members of his government were arrested in Bamako earlier today. ” “The secretary general strongly condemns these actions and calls for the immediate restoration of constitutional order and the rule of law in Mali,” the statement said. To this end, he called for the immediate and unconditional release of the President And members of his cabinet. ”