 As part of the growing momentum of bilateral relations, the Mali Council of Ministers made the decision to open the Embassy in Madrid on July 29, 2009.The extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the Republic of Mali in Spain was appointed on April 14, 2010

The current political and security volatility in Mali, as well as the fact that the country is in a situation of warlike conflict, mean that in the short term the country's legal and economic framework is not the most adequate for the promotion of Spanish investments .However, within the business opportunities, the Mali authorities have expressed in the past interest in developing bilateral cooperation in a number of areas through investments of Spanish companies in the primary sector, infrastructure, banking, telecommunications and tourism.