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“The ambassador to Niger is taken hostage by the putschists,” said Emmanuel Macron on Friday September 15. The military ordered his expulsion at the end of August.
For three weeks, Sylvain IttéFrench ambassador to Niger, lives behind the walls ofembassy under high protection. Threatened with expulsion by the military junta which took power, he can no longer go out. The situation is denounced by Emmanuel Macron : “We have an ambassadort diplomatic members who are taken hostage at the French embassy. We are preventing the delivery of food.”
The ambassador will leave if Bazoum asks
A few hours later, in the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the ambassador is working all the time. Since the coup d’état of July 26, France does not recognize the putschists. According to Emmanuel Macron, a possible repatriation can only be done with Mohamed’s agreement Bazoumconsidered ashe legitimate head of state by France.