They will mostly be utilized in the Gao region of Northern Mali for surveillance purposes.[10] The European Union agreed to provide 50 million euros towards financing the force.[8] Russia and China expressed support for the operation, while the United States and the United Kingdom did not agree about financing.[11][12] France and the U.S. reached an agreement on 20 June 2017.[13] The next day, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved the deployment of a G5 Sahel counterterrorism task force.[14] On 29 June, French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced that the French military would cooperate with G5 Sahel.[15]