Common Abdourahamane Tchiani, head of the army junta within the Republic of Niger, has taken a vow.
In line with him, not one of the three Sahel nations would rejoin the Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS).
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Common Tchiani introduced this in an interview he gave to the RTN information channel within the capital Niamey on Monday, February 12.
Recall that on January 28, the army regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger introduced their instant withdrawal from the West African bloc, ECOWAS.
The leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a press release saying it was a “sovereign choice” to depart the Financial Group of West African States. “immediately”.
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He mentioned“Simply because we’re members of the bloc, meals and drugs provides had been reduce off. The ability was additionally reduce off and our personal assets had been frozen. That’s the reason now we have consulted our pals within the Sahel about leaving the bloc to enhance the lives of our residents. That we should withdraw from the bloc that’s accountable to international nations. Now we have due to this fact withdrawn our membership from the bloc and can by no means return to the union.”
Commenting on the affect of the withdrawal on safety, commerce and socio-economic actions, he mentioned: “Now the world is a world village and the world falls inside ECOWAS? So God will feed each human being He has created.”
Tchiani additionally mentioned they won’t launch Mohamed Bazoum, the previous president of Niger who was ousted by members of his presidential guard on July 26 and has been held since then alongside together with his household.
“We might by no means launch Bazoum. Releasing Bazoum is like stabbing ourselves within the abdomen, which might hurt Nigeriens.” he added.
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