France has delivered an immediate advisory for its nationals in the landlocked nation to depart as soon as feasible, as Islamist insurgents continue their embargo of the state.
The French foreign ministry advised citizens to exit using airline services while they continue operating, and to avoid surface transportation.
A 60-day fuel blockade on the West African country, implemented by an al-Qaeda-aligned organization has disrupted routine existence in the main city, Bamako, and additional areas of the enclosed Sahel region state - a ex-colonial possession.
France's declaration came as the maritime company - the leading international shipping company - announcing it was suspending its services in Mali, referencing the blockade and deteriorating security.
The militant faction the Islamist alliance has created the obstruction by attacking fuel trucks on major highways.
Mali has restricted maritime borders so all fuel supplies are brought in by road from adjacent countries such as the neighboring country and the coastal nation.
In recent weeks, the American diplomatic mission in Bamako declared that non-essential diplomatic staff and their households would depart the nation amid the situation.
It mentioned the gasoline shortages had influenced the supply of electricity and had the "capacity to disturb" the "general safety conditions" in "uncertain fashions".
The West African nation is currently ruled by a military junta headed by Gen Assimi Goïta, who originally assumed authority in a military takeover in recent years.
The junta had public approval when it assumed control, committing to handle the protracted safety emergency caused by a separatist rebellion in the north by nomadic populations, which was later co-opted by Islamist militants.
The United Nations stabilization force and France's military had been deployed in recent years to handle the growing rebellion.
Both have departed since the junta took over, and the armed forces administration has hired Russian mercenaries to tackle the instability.
Nonetheless, the jihadist insurgency has endured and extensive regions of the north and east of the state persist outside government control.
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