Platform Movements of June 14, 2014 in Algiers | |
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Also known as | Platform Self-Defense Movements Platform |
Foundation | June 14, 2014 |
Part of | CSP-PSD (2021-2023) |
Allies | Mali Coordination of Azawad Movements (2021-2023) |
Opponents | Coordination of Azawad Movements (2014-2021, 2023-present) Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin Islamic State in the Greater Sahara |
The Platform Movements of June 14, 2014 in Algiers, also called the Platform of Self-Defense Movements and colloquially known as Platform, is an alliance of pro-government armed groups during the Mali War formed during peace negotiations on June 14, 2014, in Algiers. Between 2021 and 2023, Platform joined the Coordination of Azawad Movements in the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security, and Development (CSP-PSD).
Platform consists of the following movements: [1] [2]
On May 6, 2021, Platform joined the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) in forming the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security, and Development (CSP-PSD). [5] Platform left the CSP-PSD on September 26, 2023, following the outbreak of war between the CMA and the Malian government. [6]
The Ouagadagou Declaration is the final declaration signed by the six political and military movements of Azawad, following a meeting that took place in Burkina Faso at the end of August 2014. The purpose of the declaration was to put an end to hostilities in northern Mali and to establish a political and legal status for Azawad. It was signed on August 28, 2014 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. During this meeting, the groups were gathered together for the first time since the Ouagadougou Agreements of June 2013. The meeting took place following the first round of the Algiers peace negotiations in July 2014 and before these negotiations resumed in Algiers on September 1, 2014.
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