Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Excellency Zeller, thank you very much for being here today and for bringing this information to us. I want to express Canada's gratitude, through you, to your government and the people of France for taking the initiative, and to the French armed forces for moving so quickly to come to the aid of our friends in Mali and doing what I understand to be a superlative job in pushing back the rebels in the north.
Could you give us an update on the current situation with the rebels in northern Mali and share with us what the status of those rebels is? And what more do you think needs to be done in order to restore peace in northern Mali?