Niger’s rebel leader, General Abdurahman Tchiani, met on Wednesday with the country’s new prime minister, Ali Lamin Zein, who was appointed by the National Council for the Liberation of the Fatherland (NCSR), which became the central authority after the coup. It has been reported TASS.
The publication states that the meeting was held at the presidential palace in Niamey.
According to Zern, he was glad to meet the general. Niger’s new prime minister expressed his gratitude to Tchiani for his appointment.
The NSSR, headed by Tchiani, appointed Zein, a 58-year-old economist and former finance minister, as prime minister on 7 August.
Niger President Mohamed Bazum, who was previously displaced as a result of a military coup, declarationthat the rebels kept him in bad conditions and deprived him of any contact with people.
On July 26, Niger President Mohamed Bazum and his wife were detained by their own bodyguards. 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. At the same time, the rebels in Niger ensured the physical integrity of the displaced government.
Previously in Niger saidwhere the rebels hold the president.