France concluded this Thursday the operation launched on Tuesday to evacuate civilians who wished to do so from Nigerafter having removed from the African country a total of 1,079 peoplethe majority French but also of other nationalities, such as Spanish, colombian, Brazilian, portuguese either US.
“The evacuation operations have concluded. France has evacuated 1,079 people: 577 French and a large number of other nationalities,” the official said. French Foreign Ministry on social networks.
In addition to French citizens, they were joined by passengers from another fifty countries, most of them European but also to a lesser extent from other continents, as specified by the Ministry it’s a statement.
The evacuation operation was launched as a result of the violent incidents that occurred in the french embassy in Niger on August 30, during a demonstration in support of the coup plotterswho had decreed the closure of the borders after their operation to overthrow the president Mohamed Bazoumthe 26 August.
New demonstrations had been called for this Thursday, which is why France has stressed to Niamey that it is their obligation to guarantee the security of foreign diplomatic representations, in accordance with international law.
Francewhich was a colonial power in Nigerit does plan to maintain for the moment in that African country the contingent of 1,500 soldiers that they have been cooperating with the Nigerien troops in the fight against jihadist terrorismas in other countries of the sahel.
In addition to military interests, Paris has strong interests in Niger in the sector of uranium miningwith which it feeds its nuclear power plants.
