Highlights: Niger denounced the military agreements between Niger and the United States. The new Nigerien authorities are continuing their rapprochement with Moscow. The United States will “ soon ” present a plan to disengage its soldiers in Niger. Russia has already said it wants to intensify its military cooperation with Niger. The U.S. State Department says commenting on exchanges with Niamey would not be productive, reports Magali Lagrange, from RFI's Africa service. The CNSP also communicated around a telephone call between General Tiani and President Vladimir Putin.

Pending the withdrawal of the Americans, the Nigerien authorities continue their rapprochement with Moscow

The National Council for the Protection of the Fatherland (CNSP), which this month denounced the military agreements between Niger and the United States, is awaiting the timetable for the Americans' withdrawal. A meeting took place this week between the American ambassador in Niamey and the Nigerien Minister of the Interior. At the same time, the new Nigerien authorities are continuing their rapprochement with Moscow,

[File image] In this photo taken on April 16, 2018, the flags of the United States and Niger are raised side by side at the base camp of air forces and other personnel at Air Base 201 in Agadez. AP - Carley Petesch

By: RFI Follow

In the photo published by the National Council for the Protection of the Fatherland (CNSP), United States Ambassador Kathleen FitzGibbon stands alongside General Toumba, the Nigerien Minister of the Interior. Less than two weeks after Niger

denounced

the

military agreements with the Americans

, the Nigerien authorities affirm that the

United States will “

soon

” present

a plan to disengage its soldiers present in Niger, without further details on the date.

No comment from Washington. According to the spokesperson for the State Department, commenting on exchanges with Niamey would not be productive, reports

Magali Lagrange

, from RFI's Africa service.

Since the July 26 coup, Niger has been redefining its partnerships. Niamey denounced the agreements made with France and Europe, and left ECOWAS, while moving closer to Mali and Burkina Faso and, like the two other countries of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), the Russia.

At the start of the week, the CNSP also communicated around a telephone call between General Tiani and President Vladimir Putin. A sign of its importance, it was held in the presence of several Nigerien ministers, including the Prime Minister, who visited Moscow at the start of the year. Russia has already said it wants to intensify its military cooperation with Niger.

Pending the withdrawal of the Americans, the Nigerien authorities continue their rapprochement with Moscow

Pending the withdrawal of the Americans, the Nigerien authorities continue their rapprochement with Moscow

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