Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday that French forces would withdraw from the West African nation, continuing the former colonial power's military exit from the region, APA reports citing Reuters.
Speaking in an end-of-year address to the nation, Ouattara said Ivorians should be proud of the modernised state of their own armed forces.
"In this context, we have decided on the coordinated and organised withdrawal of French forces," he said.