PARIS
French General Staff announced on Tuesday, they pulled out its soldiers from Mali as it was planned previously.
General Staff announced that about hundred French troops returned home at first stage.
France provided troops to Mali to help operations against insurgents on January 11.
France which supported the operations against rebels in the west African country via fighter jets and helicopters had about four thousand troops in Mali.
French units lost five of its troops in the north of Mali where operations were centered upon.
