Mali's government on Monday gave the French ambassador 72 hours to leave the country over "outrageous" comments by the French authorities about its transitional government, it said in a statement read on national television, APA reports, citing Reuters.
"The French ambassador to Bamako was summoned and notified of a decision by the government inviting him to leave the national territory within 72 hours following hostile and outrageous comments by the French foreign affairs minister recently," the government statement said.