(VOVWORLD) - French authorities on Friday rejected a recent announcement by Niger’s juntas on revoking Niger’s military cooperation agreements with France, and promised to work with the US to recover Niger’s constitutional order.
 French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna (Photo: sweden.postsen.com) |
France’s foreign minister, Catherine Colonna on Friday said that the revocation of military pacts by the junta will have no effect on existing military deals.
Minister Colonna’s statement came a day after Niger’s junta revoked a raft of military cooperation agreements signed with France from 1977 to 2020. The juntas also suspended broadcasts of French state-funded international news outlets France 24 and RFI.
On Thursday, France announced that it has completed the evacuation of nearly 1,100 French and European citizens out of Niger.