2023-08-22 18:27:28
While a military operation in Niger is imminent, official media in Algeria accuse Morocco of having opened its airspace to a French military intervention in Niger. “Algeria has given a negative response to the French request to fly over the national territory to attack Niger”, advances this Monday Algerian public radio. On the other hand, “France requested and obtained a favorable response from Morocco”, continues the same source.
In Paris, the French army denied these allegations. “There is absolutely no desire to attack Niger”, assures a senior officer, according to whom no request for “clearance” for a military flight has been filed in recent days by France, reports this Monday Le Figaro.
As a reminder, in January 2013, Algeria gave the green light to French planes to fly over its territory to go to Mali and carry out strikes there against positions of terrorist groups. The spokesperson for the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs then stressed that “the decision relating to the opening of national airspace is taken in a sovereign manner by Algeria, each time that we consider that the overflight request is justified. on a proven need. In this case, we considered that this was the case by examining the French request which was introduced and investigated according to the procedure in force”. Morocco had also taken the same decision.
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