Russia has called for “urgent national dialogue” in Niger and warned that threats of intervention in the wake of a coup that ousted its democratically elected president were unhelpful.
Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, says It’s very important to prevent a further deterioration of the situation in the country, and that dialogue was needed for what she calls the “restoration of civil peace and to ensure law and order”.
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Military chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) were meeting on Wednesday to frame a response to the coup and a delegation was in Niger for negotiations.
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