On Friday 9 March, the cabinet of the Luxembourg government agreed to endorse the draft Grand-Ducal Regulation on Luxembourg's participation in the European Union's training mission to Mali (EUTM Mali).

The purpose of the Grand-Ducal Regulation is to authorise the extension of the participation of the Luxembourg army to the European Union training mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) from 19 May 2018 to 18 May 2020 and to establish the ceiling of Luxembourg participation to a maximum of 10 soldiers per rotation.​