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Nigerien Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bakari Yawo Sangare affirms his country’s keenness on building “exemplary relations” with Libya, pledging to make every effort to make them better in the future.
Niger uses Russian weapons, but the Russian military is not present on the country’s soil, Nigerien Foreign Minister, Bakary Yaou Sangare, adding that the Nigerien army is able to defend its territory on its own.
“Nowadays our relations with Russia are military cooperation, as all our weaponry is Russian. That is, we need to maintain relations with Russia to ensure this [weapons provision], but we do not have any [Russian] military on our land. We do not need it… Our army can defend its territory on its own,” the minister said.
Nigerian minister, who visited Benghazi a few days ago, added that relations between Niger and Libya are “good at the present time,” as evidenced by this visit, which will result in “building strong bilateral relations.”
Niger forced the withdrawal of the French military with no intention of inviting other military personnel to the country, he said, adding that the country needs to develop relations in intelligence, arms and logistics, but not in the field of armed forces.
On December 22, the last French troops deployed in Niger left the country at the request of the Nigerien new leaders, who took power after a military coup in July. The new authorities, along with Burkina Faso and Mali, ceased security and military cooperation.
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