MADRID, 14 (EUROPA PRESS)
The Excessive Consultant of the European Union for International Coverage, Josep Borrell, has denounced this Monday the choice of the navy coup junta of Niger to attempt the deposed president Mohamed Bazoum for prime treason.
“I denounce the willingness of the junta to accuse Mohamed Bazoum of excessive treason. A brand new provocative gesture towards democracy in Niger, the Financial Neighborhood of West African States (ECOWAS) and Niger’s companions. Pressing name to return to order constitutional regulation and the quick launch of the reputable president”, Borrell printed on his account on the social community X, previously Twitter.
For his half, the spokesman for the UN Secretary Normal, Stephane Dujarric, has assured that the statements of the navy coup junta “are worrying”, and has proven his concern for each the well being of the president and that of his household regardless of that the navy have denied the details about his poor state of well being.
As well as, he has proven his help for the truth that ECOWAS has opted to comply with the diplomatic path to resolve the disaster, since that they had even threatened the Nigerien junta with a navy intervention.
The regional physique has additionally condemned a “new type of provocation”, and has recalled that Bazoum continues to be the president of Niger, democratically elected by the Nigerien individuals, and is a determine acknowledged by each the regional physique and the worldwide neighborhood, for which has condemned his “unlawful” detention and has referred to as for his “quick” launch.
The deputy spokesman for the US Division of State, Vedant Patel, has additionally joined the condemnations of the announcement of a trial towards the deposed president, an motion that he has described as “unjustified” and that “won’t contribute to the peaceable decision of the disaster”.
“It’s another affront, in our opinion, to democracy and justice and respect for the rule of regulation. And a risk like this underlines the urgency of respecting the constitutional order in Niger,” Patel mentioned throughout a press convention.
Alternatively, ECOWAS will maintain a rare assembly of heads of state on August 17 and 18 within the capital of Ghana, Accra, after the group determined to postpone it on Saturday with out detailing the explanations, Radio has collected on Monday. France Internationale.
The Secretary of the US Division of State, Antony Blinken, and the President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, held a phone dialog on Monday through which the American congratulated the Nigerian President for his “management” in ECOWAS, and so they treaty the restoration of constitutional order in Niger
The regional group had given an ultimatum to the board to reinstate Bazoum with out ruling out the opportunity of armed motion to attain this goal, though it has been in favor of exhausting all diplomatic channels.
A bunch of troopers led by Abdourahmane Tchiani, former head of the Presidential Guard, ousted Bazoum greater than two weeks in the past. Niger has skilled 4 different — now 5 — coups because it gained independence from France in 1960, in addition to a number of failed makes an attempt, the final of which was in 2021, days earlier than the now-ousted president took workplace.
