“After meetings” and “exchanges between our authorities and the French side, a timetable for the withdrawal of their troops was determined by mutual agreement,” specifies the Nigerien regime.
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The withdrawal operations of French soldiers present in Niger will begin on Tuesday October 10, under escort of the Nigerien army, the putschist military regime declared on Monday, in a press release read on national television. He did not specify the destination of this first convoy. The withdrawal of some 1,400 French soldiers from the country was demanded by Nigerien generals quickly after they came to power at the end of July. Emmanuel Macron announced their departure at the end of September.
“After meetings” and “exchanges between our authorities and the French side, a timetable for withdrawal of their troops was determined by mutual agreement”, specifies the Nigerien regime. During the weekend, several convoys were organized between the advanced bases in the northwest of the country, where 400 soldiers are deployed, and the capital Niamey, according to Nigerien and French security sources interviewed by AFP.
At least two convoys allowed the bases of Ouallam and Tabarey-Barey to be supplied and several French soldiers considered as priorities to be transported to Niamey. This also made it possible to prepare for their departure from this region known as the “three borders”, between Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, where they were deployed, in the fight against terrorism alongside the Nigeriens.