The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) concluded its operations in the Timbuktu region on Thursday, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, Xinhua reported.
The mission's presence in the area ended following the departure of its final personnel, who left by air and land convoy, said Dujarric.
The handover ceremony, led by Bakoun Kante, the governor of Timbuktu, and Anton Antchev, the director of the mission liquidation coordination team and officer-in-charge of the MINUSMA liquidation entity, marked the official transfer of the Timbuktu MINUSMA camp to the transitional government of Mali.
This event signifies the completion of the first of three planned MINUSMA liquidation sites.
