(VOVworld) – International mediators in the Mali conflict on Saturday invited all parties to sign a peace and reconciliation agreement at a ceremony on May 15 in Bamako, according to a statement released after their meeting in Algiers that ended on Saturday. “The ongoing peace process must continue in a way that would consolidate the gains achieved so far,” the Saturday statement said, adding that the signing of the agreement will open way to the implementation of the commitments made.”

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra and hugs Mali's Bilal Acherif, the general secretary of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, during a peace agreement ceremony on March 1, 2015 in Algiers ©Farouk Batiche (AFP/File)

The mediation will see that the implementation of the agreement would be effective and complete, according to the terms and the timetable for the implementation that will be defined in accordance with the provisions of the agreement,” said the statement.  Peace talks begun in Algiers last July resulted in a deal on March 1^st between the Malian government and some armed groups in the north.