Politico: Niger junta revokes military pacts with France
The latest escalation threatens to upend the EU and the US’s strategy to engage with Niger as an ally in the troubled Sahel region.
Niger putschists said Thursday they will end military cooperation deals with France, dealing a major blow to French efforts to combat terrorism in the Sahel region.
Junta representative Amadou Abdramane late on Thursday read on national television a decision to revoke five military deals with France dating between 1977 and 2020, Reuters reported.
France’s foreign affairs ministry on Friday said that the revocation of military pacts by the junta will have no effect on existing military deals as it does not recognize the putschists.
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