(Corrects to show Sall is chairman of the African Union, not ECOWAS)
PARIS (Reuters) – Senegalese President Macky Sall on Thursday said he understood why France decided to pull its military out of Mali, and that he was assured the fight against Islamist militants in the Sahel would continue.
Sall, who heads the African Union, told a news conference in Paris that governments in the region would meet with Malian authorities next week and that he hoped a timeframe for elections in Mali following a coup could be agreed soon.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Richard Lough and John Stonestreet)
