Germany willing to send helicopters to UN mission in Mali

The German Ministry of Defense has informed United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that it is willing to send its military helicopters to support the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA),

German Army Eurocopter EC 665 Tiger UHT 98-18 2
Julian Herzog [GFDL or CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The offer from Berlin came as Netherlands is preparing to withdraw its four AH-64Ds and three CH-47Ds in Mali next year.