Niger hosts Russian military and air defense trainers

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According to reports, Russian military trainers are bringing an air defense system to Niger and will teach Nigerian forces to work with this system. On Thursday, the state television of Niger, referring to the agreement between the military government of Niger and Vladimir Putin, In order to strengthen cooperation, the Russian president said that Russian military trainers arrived in Niger on Wednesday with a plane full of military equipment.

earlier in March last year, the spokesman of the ruling military council in Niger had announced the action of this council to immediately cancel the military cooperation agreement with the United States after nearly 12 years since it was signed between the two countries. According to this report, the ruling council in Niger one day after the three-day visit of senior American officials to Niamey, the country’s capital canceled its military cooperation agreement (2012) with Washington “unilaterally”.

Russian News Elium reported that the ruling council in Niger, known as the “National Council for the Protection of the Homeland”, has canceled the military cooperation agreement with Washington and the presence of American troops on the territory of Niger is considered illegal and contrary to the interests of this country.

In this connection, Amado Abdurrahman, the spokesman of the so-called Council for the Protection of the Homeland with the publication A statement that was read on the national television of this country said: “The government of Niger, adhering to the ideals and national interests of this country, has decided with its full responsibility to form immediately and unilaterally cancel its military agreement regarding the military presence of troops and administrative personnel affiliated with the US Ministry of Defense in this country.”

At that time also Sabrina Singh, the deputy spokesperson of the US Department of Defense (Pentagon), in response to the action of the government of Niger, announced that the American delegation, which was sent to Niger traveled to warn the new leaders and the ruling military council of this country against establishing possible relations with Iran and Russia and expressed their concern about this issue to the authorities Niger informed. This reaction of the Pentagon follows the announcement by the army of Niger that it canceled the agreement of US military personnel and civilian contractors to operate in Niger took place.