TULLE (Reuters) - Francois Hollande held Saturday "adapted" the intervention of the Algerian authorities to put an end to a hostage situation in south-eastern Algeria, a bloody episode that justifies According to him the action of France "against terrorism" Mali.
The African situation dominated the short visit of the Head of State in Correze, where he intervened on several occasions where he met with members of the 126th Infantry Regiment of Brive-la-Gaillarde, bound for the Afrique.
The day was marked by incomplete information about the "final assault", according to the formula of the Algerian news agency APS, launched by the Algerian special forces against Islamists holed up on the site Tiguentourine scene of the hostage since mercredi.
Captives, one French and several other Westerners were killed, as well as ravisseurs.
several capitals, including London and Tokyo, regretted not having been notified by the Algerian authorities of their intention to intervene .
François Hollande has meanwhile said to trust in these Algerians circonstances.
"We do not have all the elements but when there is a hostage situation with so many people involved, and terrorists as coldly determined, ready to kill - which they did - their hostages, a country like Algeria has the answers that seem, to me, the most appropriate because it could not be any negotiation, "said the French president told reporters in the prefecture Tulle.
"Everyone has plagued Algeria, but the Algerians are sovereign home," was one out in the president's entourage. "France is aware that this is hostage to Algeria, a country that has experienced terrorism."
"THE TIME NECESSARY" IN MALI
The President had mentioned earlier the vagueness surrounding the information from South algérien.
"I know that the hostages are dead, they were brutally murdered," he déclaré.
"If there was a need to justify the action we commit against terrorism, we would then still another argument," he ajouté.
François Hollande willSunday families of seven hostages still being held in the Sahel, some for more than two years and demi.
the eighth day of the operation "Serval", the Head of State said that armed intervention in Mali last "time to that terrorism is defeated in this part of Africa" .< / p>
Terrorism in the Sahel "takes many forms more formidable" and its actors "know no borders: Mali, Niger, Libya, Algeria or South," he said to the soldiers of the regiment Brive.< / p>
François Hollande tribute to the memory of three soldiers killed in Nîmes accident while traveling to Clermont-Ferrand from the Mali.
"France is not alone, supported by the European countries that we provide assistance in all its forms," he replied to those who regret the absence of involvement of other Western powers in Mali.
"Secondly, because we are working with African countries themselves will form the core of the international force (which) will be deployed as soon as possible."
Jean-Baptiste Vey Paris
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