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2023-08-02 Africa Subsaharan

EU threatens military intervention in Niger

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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics. Text taken from a commentary post which appeared in vott.ru
[ColonelCassad] How interesting the plot twists.

The European Union (EU) is ready to consider supporting a military operation against Niger if an appropriate application is received from the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS). This was announced at a briefing by the official representative of the EU Foreign Service, Nabila Massrali. The broadcast of the event is available on the website of the European Commission.

“The European Union has not yet received any such requests from ECOWAS, but we are ready to consider them if they come,” the diplomat said, adding that this request will be considered by the European Union “in order to best fulfill its political obligations.”

According to Massrali, the coup in Niger is a threat to democracy. “We fully support the position of ECOWAS that the coup is a violation of the democratic principles on which political power in the region is based,” she stressed.

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Mali, Burkina Faso and Algeria are ready to take the side of Niger.

More from Boris Rozhin:
Mali and Burkina Faso will go to war if intervention begins in Niger

Mali and Burkina Faso declared that any foreign invasion of Niger would be tantamount to a declaration of war on those countries. These statements were the result of a number of military threats from the United States, France and a number of states dependent on them. After this statement by Mali and Burkina Faso, as well as statements about the readiness of the Niger army to provide armed resistance to any armed aggression, the French Foreign Ministry slightly backed down, saying that France was not preparing a military intervention in Niger.

In all three countries (Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger), three pro-French governments have been overthrown in the last three years.

If France fails to organize an intervention to restore the puppet government, then we can expect increased sponsorship of local jihadists and separatists. On the other hand, the transition of the conflict into a protracted phase will make the appearance of Wagner PMCs in Niger and the expulsion of French and American troops from Niger inevitable.

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