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West African bloc troops ‘ready to go’ to Niger, official says

West African bloc troops ‘ready to go’ to Niger, official says

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is able to ship its forces to Niger as quickly as leaders of member-states approve the intervention, an official mentioned Friday.

On the second day of talks in Accra, Ghana, West African army chiefs “fine-tuned” particulars of potential armed intervention, mentioned Abdel-Fatau Musah, an ECOWAS commissioner for political affairs and safety.

“We are ready to go any time the order is given,” mentioned Musah. “The D-Day is also decided,” he added.

But the leaders additionally harassed they nonetheless favored dialogue, and that ECOWAS would possibly ship a diplomatic mission to Niger on Saturday, he mentioned.

“Tomorrow there may be the potential of an ECOWAS mission going into Niger to proceed to pursue the peaceable path to restoration of constitutional order.

“We are ready to resolve the issue peacefully but it takes two to tango,” Musah mentioned.

“If they want to take the peaceful pathway to the very early restoration of constitutional order then we are ready to stand down the military option,” he added.

Previous delegations have failed to fulfill Niger’s new strongman General Abdourahamane Tiani.

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