Fermeture ambassade France au Niger

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L'ambassade de France au Niger a été fermée jusqu'à nouvel ordre en raison de l'incapacité d'y mener ses missions diplomatiques en raison des restrictions imposées par la junte militaire, a déclaré mardi le ministère des Affaires étrangères. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 The French embassy in Niger has been closed until further notice due to the inability

00:04 to carry out its diplomatic missions due to the restrictions imposed by the military junta,

00:08 the Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday.

00:11 However, it will continue its operations from Paris and consular activities will be taken

00:16 charge by consulates in the region.

00:18 The French embassy in Niger, which Paris had announced closure shortly before Christmas,

00:23 is officially closed until further notice and will continue its activities from Paris,

00:28 the French Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday.

00:31 The French embassy in Niger is now closed until further notice.

00:35 Indeed, for five months, our embassy has been under serious obstacles, making it impossible

00:41 to carry out its missions, blockades around the embassy, restrictions on travel for agents

00:46 and repressions of all diplomatic personnel who were to join Niger, according to a statement

00:50 from the Quai d'Orsay.

00:51 The closure of an embassy, an extremely rare measure, had been decided in parallel to the

00:57 withdrawal of the last French soldiers deployed in Niger as part of the anti-terrorist struggle

01:01 who left the country on December 22.

01:03 The embassy will continue its activities from Paris.

01:07 Paris and Niamey have been maintaining executable relations since the military coup in July

01:11 last and the overthrow of President Mohamed Basoum.

01:14 After the coup of July 26, the military in power had quickly demanded the departure

01:19 of French soldiers, about 1,500 deployed to fight against the jihadists and denounce

01:24 several military agreements concluded with Paris.

01:26 The military regime had also pronounced the expulsion of French Ambassador Sylvain Hité

01:32 at the end of August.

01:33 He had been stuck for nearly a month inside diplomatic representation before

01:37 leaving it.

01:38 The embassy will continue its activities from Paris.

01:41 It will maintain a link with French spokespersons present on site and with the NGOs intervening

01:47 in the humanitarian sector, which we continue to finance, specifies the Quai d'Orsay.

01:52 "Consular activities will be taken care of by consulates in the region," adds

01:56 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

01:58 France has counted up to 5,500 soldiers deployed in the Sahel, before being chased by successive

02:04 coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and finally in Niger.

02:07 With AFP and Reuters.

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