The French president on Friday condemned the coup try in Niger, calling for President Mohamed Bazoum’s launch and the restoration of constitutional order.
“France absolutely condemns this military coup d’etat against a democratically elected leader,” Emmanuel Macron mentioned at a joint news convention with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape within the capital Port Moresby, which was streamed reside on digital platforms.
“This coup d’etat is completely illegitimate and deeply dangerous to Nigeriens, Niger, and for the entire region,” Macron mentioned.
He added: “We call for the liberation of President Bazoum and the restoration of the constitutional order. We also support the regional organizations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in particular, in their further decisions, mediation efforts, condemnation or sanctions against the putschists (…).”
Earlier this week, a bunch of troopers calling themselves the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country (CNSP) delivered an announcement on Nigerien state tv shortly after detaining Bazoum, saying they took the step because of the “deteriorating security situation and bad governance.”
Bazoum was elected in 2021 in Niger’s first democratic energy transition because it gained independence from French colonial rule in 1960.
FRANCE’S INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY
Macron mentioned France is looking for equal partnerships with Indo-Pacific international locations.
“Our aim is not to compete with China or the US in the region, because we can have ambitions while remaining coherent,” he pressured.
In this context, he recalled that France already has a presence within the area by means of New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Reunion Island, and Mayotte Island.
Macron took up a go to to Oceania this week, the place he denounced “new imperialism” within the area on Thursday, within the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu.
He accused nice powers of threatening the area, with international ships fishing illegally, loans with harsh situations which can be “literally strangling development,” unfair commerce practices, and a “growing interference in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in Oceania.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
