The decision by the ruling military to expel the ambassador was taken partly due to his refusal to respond to an invitation to a meeting with Niger's minister of foreign affairs.
This decision follows a series of statements and demons trations hostile toward France since the Nigerien army overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, who has since been detained with his family. / Photo: AFP Archive
Faced with"the refusal of the French ambassador in Niamey to respond to an invitation" from the minister for a meeting and"other actions of the French government contrary to the interests of Niger", the authorities have decided to withdraw their approval of Sylvain Itte and ask him to depart within 48 hours, the statement said on Friday.
The military leaders accuse Paris of wanting to intervene militarily in Niger in order to reinstate Bazoum and claim that the Economic Community of West African States is an organisation in the pocket of former regional colonial power France.
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