Any assault on French nationals or pursuits in Niger will provoke a powerful fast response from France, the French authorities mentioned on Sunday, as pro-junta protests occurred exterior the French Embassy in Niamey following final week’s army coup.
“The President (Emmanuel Macron) will not tolerate any attack against France and its interests,” Macron’s workplace mentioned in an announcement, specifying that it could reply to assaults towards French diplomats, armed forces or companies.
Macron has spoken with ousted President Mohamed Bazoum and former president of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou in the previous couple of hours, the assertion mentioned, including that each of them condemned the coup and known as for calm.
France introduced on Saturday it was slicing all improvement help to Niger and known as for the return of Bazoum. Niger has been a safety associate of former colonial energy France, and the United States, which have used it as a base to struggle extremist teams in West and Central Africa’s wider Sahel area.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
