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Niger rebels accuse Paris of preparing a plan to destabilize the country
[Regnum] France is preparing a plan to destabilize Niger and is going to use its military contingent stationed in this African country for this. This was stated by Colonel Amadou Abdraman , the official representative of the National Council for the Salvation of the Motherland (NCSR), formed after the coup in Niger, according to the ActuNiger portal .
According to him, Paris intends to discredit the NSSR and undermine the confidence of the people of Niger in this body. The colonel noted that the country's defense and security forces were ordered to go on high alert and mobilize the population because of France's plans.
As reported by IA Regnum , on August 8, CNN reported that the rebels in Niger had deployed additional forces to the capital of the republic, Niamey, to fight foreign military forces in the event of a possible military intervention. Nigeria, Senegal, Benin and Côte d'Ivoire have previously announced plans to send their troops to the country.
On August 9, Abdraman accused French troops of attacking members of the presidential national guard and violating Niger's airspace. He said that the fighters of the French military contingent "released the detained terrorists" and took off a military plane from N'Djamena (Chad).
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Rebels in Niger accuse French troops of attacking the National Guard
[Regnum] The rebels in Niger said that the French military attacked the fighters of the presidential national guard and violated the country's airspace.
The “National Council for the Defense of the Fatherland” informs <…> about the facts of the behavior of the French forces on our territory. Today, August 9, 2023, at 06:30 (04:30 Moscow time) in the morning, the positions of the Niger National Guard <...> became the object of attack, ” RIA Novosti quoted Council representative Amadou Abdraman as saying .
He specified that the French military "released the detained terrorists" and also took off a military aircraft from N'Djamena (Chad), after which "deliberately stopped all contact with air traffic control after entering our airspace."
Against this background, the rebels decided to increase the level of threat.
As reported by IA Regnum, on the night of July 26, an attempted coup d'état took place in Niger. President Mohamed Bazum was detained by his own guards after unsuccessful negotiations.
After that, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) condemned the coup attempt in Niger and called for the immediate release of Bazum. In turn, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, also condemned these events, calling them an attempt to destabilize democracy and threaten the stability of the country.
Later, Alexei Zaitsev , deputy head of the information and press department of the Russian Foreign Ministry , said that the Russian side supports the mediation efforts of the African community to resolve the crisis in Niger. He stressed that they can be achieved through diplomacy.
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