The French president wants to withdraw French forces from Niger. Military cooperation with the African country will end as a result of the July coup and French soldiers stationed there should return by the end of the year, Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday evening in an interview with the television channels “TF1” and “ France 2”. .
The French ambassador and several diplomats were expected to return to France in the coming hours. French President Macron said this in an interview with the French broadcaster ‘France 2’.
Niger has now closed its airspace to French aircraft, according to a statement from the Aviation Safety Authority for Africa and Madagascar (Asecna).
(hah/sda/dpa)
Soource :Watson
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