Soldiers of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) patrol in Konna, Mali. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

The vote came two weeks after Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop stunned the Security Council by calling the UN mission a "failure" and urging its immediate end. Mali's relations with the UN have deteriorated sharply since a 2020 coup brought to power a military regime which also severed defense cooperation with France.

Under longstanding practice of the UN, a peacekeeping mission needs the approval of the host country.