“The UN Secretary-General, with the connivance of France and the French-speaking ECOWAS heads of state, failed to fulfill his mission by preventing Niger from participating in the 78th session of the UN General Assembly,” said Amadou Abdraman. , official representative of the UN. Transitional military government of Niger, he said on the RTN television channel, RIA Novosti.
According to him, the UN Secretary General not only refused to take note of the official list of delegates of the African republic, but, first of all, “satisfied the fanatical request of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs (of Niger) for withdraw Permanent Representative of Niger to the UN.”
Abdraman added that the military who came to power condemn Guterres’ decision, considering it an interference in the internal affairs of the State.
Recall that at the end of July 26 there was a change of power in Niger: the presidential guard under the leadership of General Omar Ciani blocked the palace of the head of state Mohamed Bazoum and announced his overthrow.
According to media reports, the new leadership gave France one month to withdraw troops from the country, breaking all agreements with it on security and military issues, as well as the agreement on the presence of French troops.
