Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he discussed UK withdrawal from Mali with officials in the UN before the announcement on 14 November 2022.

Yes. Officials from the British Embassy, Bamako, the UK Permanent Mission to the UN in New York and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office informed UN officials of the UK's intent to withdraw the UK Long Range Reconnaissance Task Group from Mali prior to the announcement on 14 November 2022.