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Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan Says Private Sector Investment Necessary To Help Mali Rebuild

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 Mar, 2018 12:55 PM
  • Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan Says Private Sector Investment Necessary To Help Mali Rebuild
OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says businesses have a role to play by investing in war-torn places such Mali to help such countries recover from conflicts.
 
He says that's because broader economic development is needed to help war-torn countries, because the military can't do it on its own.
 
Sajjan's assessment comes as Canada's newly established development finance institution has announced its first private sector partnership.
 
The US$10-million investment by FinDev Canada will bring electricity to millions of poor people in Kenya, in a more stable east Africa.
 
Earlier this week, Sajjan joined Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in announcing Canada's new UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, a west African country coping with the aftermath of a jihadist insurgency.
 
Canada has made a 12-month peacekeeping commitment to Mali, which will include about 250 personnel, two Chinook helicopters and four smaller armed Griffons to act as escorts.

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