{"id":4397,"date":"2023-09-24T20:01:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T20:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=4397"},"modified":"2023-09-24T20:01:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T20:01:16","slug":"france-to-pull-troops-out-of-niger-following-coup-says-macron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=4397","title":{"rendered":"France to Pull Troops Out of Niger Following Coup, Says Macron"},"content":{"rendered":"


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PARIS (Reuters) – France is to finish its navy cooperation with Niger and pull its 1,500 troops out of the African nation by the tip of the 12 months after a navy coup there in July, French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The transfer offers a hammer blow to France’s counter-terrorism operations within the Sahel and France’s affect within the area, however Macron mentioned France would “not be held hostage by the putchists.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“France has determined to recall its ambassador and finish its navy cooperation with Niger,” Macron mentioned in an interview with France’s TF1 and France 2 tv stations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Macron mentioned he nonetheless regarded democratically elected President Mohammed Bazoum, at present held prisoner by the coup leaders, because the nation’s professional chief and had knowledgeable him of his resolution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(Reporting by Sybille de la Hamaide and Michel Rose; Modifying by Richard Lough and Sharon Singleton)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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