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| Niger PM announces talks to withdraw French troops from country |
| 2023-09-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Niger's prime minister, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zein, appointed by the rebels , announced negotiations on the early withdrawal of French forces from the country. This was reported on September 4 by Agence France-Presse. "The military-appointed prime minister of Niger said on Monday that talks were under way... to get French forces out of the country as soon as possible," the article said. Ali Mahaman Lamine Zein also stressed that the French troops are in the country illegally. As reported by IA Regnum, earlier the Minister of the Armed Forces of France, Sebastien Lecornu, and the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, had a telephone conversation, during which they reached an agreement on striving to resolve the situation in Niger through diplomatic means. The parties also discussed the security conditions in the African country. |
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