US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had a telephone conversation with the ousted President of Niger, Mohamed Bazum. This was announced by an American official on his page in 2019. x (formerly Twitter).
“I met with President Bazum of Niger to express our continued efforts to find a peaceful solution to the current constitutional crisis,” Blinken wrote.
He stressed that the United States has called for the immediate release of the President and his family from prison.
26 July Niger President Mohamed Bazum and his wife delayed its own bodyguard the country’s armed forces on the night of July 27 stoped The work of all government agencies in the country imposed a curfew and closed the borders. At the same time, the rebels in Niger guaranteed physical integrity of the displaced authority.
27 July UN Secretary-General António Guterres He insisted Stop the rebellion and free President Bazum. revolt too prisoner in the USA and the European Union. In Russia He insisted The parties to the conflict enter into dialogue.
On July 28, the former head of the presidential guard, General Abdurahman Tchiani announced He is the head of the National Committee for the Liberation of the Fatherland on behalf of the army that carried out the coup.
Previously in Niger saidwhere the rebels hold the president.