Due to the security situation, Norway will close its embassy in Mali

The withdrawal of a United Nations peacekeeping force from Mali, Norway said in a statement on Thursday, "will have consequences for the security of Norwegian and other diplomatic missions and international organizations." Mali is a country in West Africa.

Abdoulaye Diop, the foreign minister of Mali, asked in June that U.N. forces who have been battling an Islamic insurgency for more than ten years leave the country right now because they had failed to carry out their mandate.

The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution at the end of the month ending the MINUSMA force's mission and requested that its withdrawal be finished by the end of the year.

The embassy in Bamako, the capital of Mali, will close by the end of the year, according to Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt, and Norway will need to "find other ways to follow up our interests in Mali moving forward." Additionally, in Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad, the diplomatic mission represents Norway.