Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved parliament hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint at a military camp near the capital Bamako.

According to Reuters, Keita resigned in a brief address broadcast on state television after troops seized him along with Prime Minister Boubou Cisse and other top officials.

"If today, certain elements of our armed forces want this to end through their intervention, do I really have a choice?

"If today, certain elements of our armed forces want this to end through their intervention, do I really have a choice?

Al Jazeera reported that soldiers behind the coup, who call themselves the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, appeared on state television in military fatigues, pledging to stabilise the country. 

"We are not holding on to power, but we are holding on to the stability of the country," said Ismail Wague, Mali Air Force's deputy chief of staff.

"With you, standing as one, we can restore this country to its former greatness.

"This will allow us to organise within an agreed reasonable time frame, general elections to equip Mali with strong institutions, which are able to better manage our everyday lives and restore confidence between the government and the governed," Wague was quoted as saying.

Since June, people in Bamako have been taking to the streets to demand Keita’s departure, blaming him for corruption and worsening security in the north and centre of the West African country, where Islamist militants are active.

French President Emmanuel Macron has been in touch with regional leaders and has called for mediation, the Élysée presidential palace said in a statement. 

The United States said it was opposed to any change of government in Mali, where French troops and UN peacekeepers have been working to stabilise the country amid an Islamic insurgency that took hold after a 2012 coup.

The UN, France and others also condemned Keita's detention, but in the capital on Wednesday, the news of Keita's departure was met with jubilation by anti-government demonstrators. Videos of Mali residents celebrating in the streets were also trending on Twitter.

"All the Malian people are tired – we have had enough," one demonstrator told Al Jazeera.