Niger’s military junta called Monday on Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe to act as a facilitator with the international community, including the West African bloc ECOWAS which has imposed sanctions since a coup.
Niger’s Defence Minister General Salifou Mody met Gnassingbe in Togo’s capital Lome where he said the junta also wanted Togo to be a guarantor of a deal for French troops to withdraw from the Sahel country.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed tight financial sanctions and closed border trade with Niger in a bid to restore constitutional order.
Mody, who called the sanctions “cynical”, said Togo had allowed space for the Niger junta to communicate when other avenues were shut.
Though an ECOWAS member, Togo has taken some bilateral initiatives to engage with Niger’s military leadership.
Niger Junta Asks Togo To Facilitate Talks
Niger’s military junta called Monday on Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe to act as a facilitator with the international community, including the West African bloc ECOWAS which has imposed sanctions since a coup.
Niger’s Defence Minister General Salifou Mody met Gnassingbe in Togo’s capital Lome where he said the junta also wanted Togo to be a guarantor of a deal for French troops to withdraw from the Sahel country.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed tight financial sanctions and closed border trade with Niger in a bid to restore constitutional order.
Mody, who called the sanctions “cynical”, said Togo had allowed space for the Niger junta to communicate when other avenues were shut.
Though an ECOWAS member, Togo has taken some bilateral initiatives to engage with Niger’s military leadership.
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