In talks with a delegation from the Economic Community of West African Nations (ECOWAS), General Abdurahman Tchiani, head of the ruling National Council of Homeland Defense (CNSP) in Niger, expressed that France is afraid of planning an attack on Niger. country. It has been reported Associated press.
Tchiani has repeatedly voiced similar fears that France, which has about 1,500 soldiers in the country and conducts joint operations and trains with the Nigerian army, is actively planning an attack, according to an official who did not want to be named.
The agency’s source stressed that the head of the rebels also called on ECOWAS countries to lift sanctions, but could not offer anything in return.
Prior to this, the delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaves Niger.
On the night of July 27, the country’s Armed Forces declared a curfew and closed the borders, halting the work of all state institutions in the country.
On July 28, the former head of the presidential guard, General Abdurakhman Tchiani, declared himself chairman of the National Committee for the Rescue of the Fatherland, on behalf of the army that carried out the coup.
Former leader of the rebels estimated Mass blood was shed in Niger with foreign intervention.