(FILES) This file photo taken on July 25, 2014 shows French Army Chief of Staff, General Pierre de Villiers, arriving at the Elysee Palace in Paris, for a meeting with French President after an Air Algerie plane with 116 passengers, including 51 French nationals, crashed in Mali. France's transport minister Frederic Cuvillier said on July 25 it was extremely unlikely, and even "out of the question" that any of the 116 people on board the plane had survived. French military chief Pierre de Villiers announced to AFP in a press release on July 19, 2017 he presented his resignation to French President Emmanuel Macron "Who accepted it". / AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD