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| Russia Monitors US Troop Movements to Benin |
| 2024-11-04 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Benin and Togo is monitoring information about the movement of American troops from Niger to Benin. This was reported on November 3 by the head of the Russian diplomatic mission Igor Evdokimov. “The embassy is monitoring reports of the redeployment of American troops from Niger to Benin... We, unlike our Western colleagues, recognize Cotonou’s right to freely choose its partners in the sphere of defense and security,” he said in an interview with RIA Novosti. In late June, US Chief of Staff Charles Brown travelled to Botswana to discuss the possible redeployment of troops from Niger to other West African countries. According to Reuters, the talks included initial talks with Benin, Ivory Coast and Ghana, to discuss the prospects of establishing new US military bases in those countries. The start of the withdrawal of US troops from Niger was announced on June 8 by the Chief of Staff of the Republic's ground forces, Colonel Mamane Sani Kiau. On September 16, the US Africa Command announced that the withdrawal of troops had been completed without complications by a mutually agreed date. As reported by the Regnum news agency, in mid-March, the Niger authorities deprived the American military of the opportunity to be on their territory, breaking the military agreement with the United States. As the head of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mohamed Toumba, reported, Niger is interested in the country's troops being trained by Russian, not American, military personnel. Russian servicemen entered the territory of the military airbase in Niamey in early May. |
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