Niger: the M62 civil society coalition supports the departure of American troops

2024-03-24T00:19:45.797Z

Highlights: Niger: the M62 civil society coalition supports the departure of American troops. In the statement by Secretary General Abdoulaye Seydou, it was mainly a question of the denunciation of the defense agreement with the United States. The M62 calls for prosecutions against those who concluded it, first and foremost ex-president Mahamadou Issoufou. The movement also called for a relaunch of the political dialogue process and deplored the end of control over public arms markets.

In Niger, the civil society coalition M62, which supports the authorities resulting from the July 2023 putsch, held a press conference this Saturday, March 23, 2024. In the secretary's statement…

Niger: the M62 civil society coalition supports the departure of American troops

In Niger, the civil society coalition M62, which supports the authorities resulting from the putsch of July 2023, held a press conference this Saturday, March 23, 2024. In the statement by Secretary General Abdoulaye Seydou, it was mainly a question of the denunciation of the defense agreement with the United States.

US Army Air Base 201 Niger in April 2018. © Carley Petesch / AP

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Abdoulaye Seydou believes that cooperation with the

United States

has had "

positive, but insufficient elements

", and warns that the M62 opposes the deployment of any other foreign force in

Niger

“

The M62 movement welcomes this courageous decision, because the M62 has always opposed the presence of foreign military bases, therefore those which have just been denounced. And beyond that, for us, all foreign military forces must leave our country and enter into a new type of partnership with our authorities, focused on training, equipment and intelligence, without a military base.

», Wishes the secretary general

of the M62

“Fierce opposition to the implementation of any other foreign military base”

“

This goes for those who are here and future partners. At the level of the M62 movement, we reaffirm our fierce opposition to the implementation of any other foreign military base, whether Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or whatever

,” insists Abdoulaye Seydou.

As for the agreement with the United States, the M62 calls for prosecutions against those who concluded it, first and foremost ex-president Mahamadou Issoufou.

The movement also called for a relaunch of the political dialogue process and deplored the end of control over public arms markets. A decision “

at odds with the principle of transparency

”, according to the M62.

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Niger: the M62 civil society coalition supports the departure of American troops

Niger: the M62 civil society coalition supports the departure of American troops

“Fierce opposition to the implementation of any other foreign military base”

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