Niger: Junta allows Burkina Faso and Mali to intervene 'in case of aggression'

(Patria) - Officers who took power in Niger last month said they would authorize the armies of neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali to intervene in the country 'in case of aggression', AFP reported.

The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso and Mali, Olivia Rouamba and Abdoulaye Diop, visited Niamey on Thursday, where they were received by Niger's new ruler, General Abdourahamane Tiani.

They welcomed the signing of regulations authorizing the armies of Burkina Faso and Mali 'to
intervene on Niger's territory in case of aggression', according to a statement read by the deputy secretary-general of Niger's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Military officers overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, prompting the
West African regional bloc ECOWAS to threaten the use of force to reinstate him. Niger is the fourth nation in West Africa since 2020 to suffer a coup, after Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali.

The juntas in Burkina Faso and Mali have said that any military intervention in Niger would be considered 'a declaration of war' on their countries.