The
pan-African body also laid out a political road map which foresees elections in
the beleaguered West African country by April even as it is still grappling
with the fallout from a coup in March this year.
Armed Islamist groups
control the northern two-thirds of Mali and have stirred global
outrage by meting out executions and desecrating ancient religious sites under
their own strict interpretation of sharia law. The United Nations says they have systematically violated
human rights, particularly of women.
He said it was the
result of Mali 's
"respect of signed agreements and the creation of a government of national
union conforming to the demands of the international community."
Nor was it clearly
stated whether the vote would come before or after any military intervention
against rebels in the north of the country where Bamako now has no control.
"At the same
time, we will leave the door of dialogue open to those Malian rebel groups
willing to negotiate," she said.
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When the meeting
concluded, Ramtane Lamamra, the AU's peace and security commissioner, told
reporters the council had voted to reinstate Mali .
The AU suspended Mali 's
membership days after mutinous soldiers staged a coup against then President
Amadou Toumani Toure. In April, an interim president, Dioncounda Traore, was
sworn in but there remain doubts about who really holds the reins of power even
in the government-controlled south of Mali .
The proposed path to
elections was part of a "strategic concept" endorsed by the council
that outlined measures including defense and security reforms to help end the
turmoil in Mali .
"The road map
provides for elections to be held 12 months after the return to constitutional
order, meaning April," Lamamra told Reuters after the meeting.
Before then, Lamamra
said, Mali 's
authorities would have to come up with their own plan for holding elections.
The document said Mali 's return
to the AU fold would help establish an inclusive political authority.
Regional and
international efforts to deal with the situation, which has created a safe
haven for Islamists and international criminal gangs, have been hampered by
divisions over how to help.
Foreign envoys have
voiced concern that the AU's request for U.N. backing in June lacked the
necessary details, while others have spoken of serious reservations about the
ability of the ECOWAS regional grouping to tackle the northern Islamists
anytime soon.












