Expansion of military relations between Russia and Niger

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Niger TV reported the arrival of Russian military advisers in this country for It announced the launch of an air defense system.

Niger TV announced that a Russian plane carrying military equipment and military experts and trainers has arrived in this country in the framework of military cooperation with Moscow.

Also, an official Nigerian source told the Reuters news agency that Niamey and Moscow are going to hold a joint military exercise. The expansion of Russian military cooperation with this African country is after the military of Niger on July 26, 2023 during a coup d’état. He deposed France and cut Niamey’s relations with Paris. Since 2020, 8 coups have occurred in West and Central African countries that were under the influence of France, and the soldiers of the governments affiliated to France have been overthrown. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently met with the leaders of Western and The African Center discussed the development of relations. Putin also had a separate conversation with the head of Niger’s military council, Abdelrahman Tiani, and the head of Mali’s military council, Asimi Guita.

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