2023-08-08 01:31:37
Nuland said his meeting with members of the military junta was “extremely candid and sometimes quite difficult” but said he hoped they hold the door open to diplomacy.
Additionally, US media reported that multiple requests for Nuland to meet with the detained president were denied. Mohamed Bazoum.
Late on July 26, members of the Niger Presidential Guard blocked the Presidential Palace, located in the country’s capital, Niamey.
On August 4, the commander of the Presidential Guard, General Omar Chiani he appeared on Niger television as head of the National Council for the Salvation of the Fatherland, formed by the coup leaders.
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