PARIS, Sept 25 — President Emmanuel Macron yesterday announced that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the coming...
PARIS, Sept 25 — President Emmanuel Macron yesterday announced that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the coming months, a move welcomed by Niger’s military leaders as a “step towards sovereignty”.
Macron added that military cooperation was “over” and French troops would withdraw in “the months and weeks to come” with a full pullout “by the end of the year”.“This Sunday, we celebrate a new step towards the sovereignty of Niger,” said the statement from the military rulers, who seized power by overthrowing President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26.
Niger’s military leaders had told French ambassador Sylvain Itte to leave the country after they overthrew Bazoum in July. In Sunday’s interview, Macron in the interview reaffirmed France’s position that Bazoum was being held “hostage” and remained the “sole legitimate authority” in the country. Macron regularly speaks by phone to Bazoum who remains under house arrest in the presidential residence.
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