Germany plans to deploy troops to Niger as part of EU mission
German Bundeswehr soldiers, in Lithuania, February 2022. AP - Mindaugas Kulbis
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The government would have decided in this direction on Wednesday, according to sources relayed by news agencies. This presence would take place in parallel with the final withdrawal from Mali.
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With our correspondent in Berlin, Nathalie Versieux
Germany intends to deploy up to 60 troops as part of an EU operation to support the government in Niamey in strengthening its military forces. The final decision, as always rests in Berlin, with the Parliament, which could decide at the end of April.
The EU decided in December to set up a three-year military mission in Niger. Initially, 50 to 100 European soldiers are planned, then up to 300. The German army trained Niger's special forces between 2018 and 2022, deploying some 150 men, before ending the mission last year. A thousand German soldiers are still based in Mali. At the end of last year, Berlin decided to withdraw within a year.
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