The French embassy in Niger was closed
| The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France announced the closure of its embassy in Niger until further notice. |
According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, nearly two weeks have passed since the withdrawal of French troops from Niger, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the country’s embassy in Niger has been closed until further notice.
The French soldiers who were stationed in Niger under the pretext of fighting extremists during the former government of Niger, started their withdrawal from Niger in October.
According to “Agence France-Presse”, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement: “The French Embassy in Niger will now be closed until further notice. This diplomatic mission will continue its activities from the city of Paris.”
This statement continued: “Our embassy has suffered serious obstacles in the past five months since the coup. which made it impossible to perform his mammoths. One of these events is the construction of barriers around this building.”
Most of the employees of this embassy, including the French ambassador to Niger, who was fired by the new military leaders of this country, some time ago had left the country.
The French Army General Staff announced in an e-mailed statement on December 23 that the last group of French soldiers and military aircraft on the 22 December (1st of December), the deadline set by the military rulers of Niger for the withdrawal of the French army, they left the territory of Niger.
The military rulers of Niger immediately after taking power They demanded the withdrawal of 1,500 French soldiers who had been stationed in this country under the pretext of fighting militia groups and canceled several military agreements with Paris.
Next Paris After a long dispute, he accepted this request and “Emmanuel Macron”, the French president, said a while ago before setting the deadline of December 22 that the withdrawal of French troops from Niger will be completed by the end of this year.
The first convoy of French soldiers left Niger on October 10. and removed them, they have gradually cut off the relations of this West African country with its Western partners.
Despite the withdrawal of France from Niger, several other Western countries are still present in this West African country.
The United States announced in December that it was ready to resume cooperation with Niger’s rulers on the condition that the current military regime commit to a quick transition of power to a civilian government.
An American official announced in October that Washington will keep about 1,000 military personnel in Niger, but will no longer provide training and assistance to Niger’s military forces.
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