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| Tele Sahel: Russia delivered military equipment and humanitarian aid to Niger |
| 2024-05-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Russia delivered military equipment and humanitarian aid to Niger using two cargo planes. The state television and radio company of the West African country RTN reported this on May 5 on its page on the social network Facebook (owned by Meta Corporation, a banned and recognized extremist organization in Russia). Russia is said to have sent three cargo flights to the Niger capital Niamey earlier this month to transport military equipment, as well as several trainers. In addition, the flight also delivered humanitarian aid for the residents of Niger. In April, Bloomberg, citing RTN, reported that Russia, as part of cooperation with Niger, for the first time sent an air defense system and instructors to the West African country to train Niger military personnel. As IA Regnum, on May 2, Reuters, citing a Pentagon representative, reported that Russian military personnel entered the air base in Niamey. This move followed the decision of the Niger authorities to expel almost a thousand US military personnel from the country. It was clarified that the American military had no contact with the Russians. Later, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said that the United States was closely monitoring the situation with the presence of Russian military personnel at the air base in Niger. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on this situation, noted that Moscow is developing relations with African countries in all areas, including in the field of defense. |
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