The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation followed with surprise the publication of the Department of Government Effectiveness of the United States of America, on February 15, 2025, on social networks, citing Mali among the countries whose American subsidies were canceled. Indeed, this publication concerns a supposed subsidy in favor of Mali for an amount of 14 million US dollars, or approximately eight billion eight hundred million CFA francs, in support of social cohesion.
The Ministry informs the public that it has officially contacted the American authorities regarding these recent events.
It should be recalled that Mali, in its quest for sovereignty, has continued to denounce, well before the establishment of the new American administration, the danger of the misuse of “public development aid” as an instrument of destabilization and subversion of our countries by financing terrorist networks and as a means of violating the sovereignty of our States.
In this regard, in line with the vision of the President of the Transition, Head of State, translated into constitutional principles of governance of public action, Mali has placed all of its cooperation relations within the framework of respect for the sovereignty of the State, the sovereign choices of the Malian people and the defense of their interests.
It is in this capacity that the Government of Mali has, for two years, reserved the right to sign the five-year Development Objective Grant Agreement with the United States concerning the financing of projects of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and has postponed the implementation of certain activities, including those relating to social cohesion, on condition of respecting Mali’s sovereignty, priorities and national execution procedures in this area.
In the same dynamic, Mali recognizes itself in the new orientation of the American authorities aimed at cleaning up and humanizing their subsidies, and welcomes, at the same time, this awareness of the reality of their “public aid and the actions undertaken against their subversive use and non-compliance with the essential needs of the beneficiaries
Furthermore, the Ministry calls on the American authorities to initiate legal proceedings against the individuals who have misappropriated the said funds to finance international terrorism, of which Mali and the other States of the AES Confederation are victims.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation reaffirms that the Authorities of the Transition of Mali, faithful to the key principles that govern public action, will continue their efforts to secure, restore peace, social cohesion and sustainable development, in a dynamic of national ownership, partnership, mutual respect and within the framework of the Confederation of Sahel States.
