Canada pushed the Malian government very hard to adopt a road map to bring back constitutional normalcy at all levels. On Tuesday the Malian national assembly did adopt the road map for transition. The president also came out and announced that he intended to hold elections before July 31, 2013.
These are very, very important steps. The road map includes some very important elements. It confirms that the interim president and interim prime minister can't run in the next elections, and confirms a number of other elements to ensure fair, credible, independent elections.
We are going to be watching very closely in the lead-up to the elections that those elements of the road map are being respected, but as I said, over the past week this has been a very important move. The return to a full civilian authority and constitutional rule is something for which we've been pressing for a long time.