I think that if you look at the details of the attacks, you're certainly quite accurate to point out that they've become more bold. However, there have been some effective responses to those as well. The French mission, Operation Barkhane, is a counterterrorism-focused mission, so the UN focus is stabilization. In the context of our mission overseas, we can't reduce the risk to zero in Mali. We can't reduce the risk to zero in any of our missions. What we can do is identify the risk across all domains, and work to mitigate that risk. We have rules of engagement, and we have the means to defend ourselves and to conduct ourselves in a way that reduces the risk, but you can't bring risk down to zero.
On April 19th, 2018. See this statement in context.