Cabinet of Burkina Faso approves to send units to Niger
Date
8/31/2023 3:33:29 AM
(MENAFN) The Cabinet of Burkina Faso has granted the administration the approval to deploy units to assist in protecting adjacent Niger, where the army ousted Leader Mohamed Bazoum around a month ago.
A Cabinet report late on Wednesday stated that the administration was given the green light to send a military troop to Niger “in line with our country's strategic commitments.”
“Without warmongering, it must be noted that this commitment is made to prevent and in the best interest of our fight against terrorism, a deep aspiration of the Burkinabe people,” Defense Minister Colonel Major Kassoum Coulibaly declared.
“What affects Niger’s security fundamentally affects the security of Burkina Faso.”
Last week, Niger’s military regime permitted contingent from neighboring Mali as well as Burkina Faso to intervene for their part “in the event of aggression” after warnings of military interference by a West African Bloc Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) troop trying to restore Leader Mohamed Bazoum.
Niger was dipped into disorder on July 26 when General Abdourahamane Tchiani, a past leader of the presidential guard, ruled a military interference that overthrown Bazoum.
The military regimes in Burkina Faso as well as Mali have stated their sturdy support for the military government in Niger.
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