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Nigeria, Niger and Senegal will provide the core of a 3,270-strong force whose mission would initially be bolstering Mali's fragmented army and stabilizing political institutions, and then tackling the rebel-held north if talks fail, officials said after military chiefs met in Ivory Coast. Mali plunged into crisis after a March coup ousted the president. Separatist and Islamist rebels took advantage of the instability to seize the northern two-thirds of the country, creating a void that regional countries say an outside force may have to fill. African leaders have warned of an "African Afghanistan" due to the presence of al Qaeda cells and foreign fighters but U.N. Security Council diplomats say the council is not yet ready to agree the African Union's request to back military intervention. Weeks after West African regional bloc ECOWAS said the standby force was ready, General Soumaila Bakayoko, head of Ivory Coast's army, said some officers would travel to Mali to work out more detailed planning in the coming days. "The hope is that we will be welcomed as brothers in arms," he said late on Saturday, underscoring potential problems with Mali's military, which wants outside help to fight rebels but has reacted angrily to ECOWAS criticism and sanctions imposed after its power grab. Diplomats say the U.N.'s reticence to swiftly back the force is due to the lack of a clear plan to tackle the crises in both the capital and the north. Mali's interim president has not returned since seeking medical treatment in Paris after he was beaten up by a mob that broke into his office. After security forces failed to prevent the attack, some diplomats say President Dioncounda Traore is reluctant to return until a regional force is in place. The complex web of heavily armed groups in the north includes al Qaeda's North African wing, AQIM, and some fighters from Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, complicating the picture for possible political talks with rebels. "The aim of this force will be to secure the official institutions of the country and allow talks in the north to take place in good conditions," Bakayoko said. "Force will be the last resort," he added. However, the president of Niger, which borders Mali, reiterated his position that force was already necessary. "We can and we must save Mali. What is happening is a serious threat to our country," Mahamadou Issoufou said in an interview with France's Le Journal du Dimanche. (Additional reporting and writing by David Lewis; Editing by Robin Pomeroy) World United Nations Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. 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