Mali has paid a high price to establish democracy, and that is why it knows its value. Any country—and not only Canada—that wants to help us in terms of democracy will be welcome in Mali.
Mali has not hidden the price it has paid to bring that democracy, in 1991. The whole world knows about that. I don't mean to brag, but before I came here, I was with the UN. Mali's democracy was used as an example there. It was an exemplary democracy, which was recognized by the whole world. I was a member of the UN advisory committee in charge of governance projects.
We would like to go back to how things were before terrorists sidetracked us. We want to go back to the beginning. Any contributions will be welcome.