Media: Nuland met rebels in Niger, negotiations were frank and difficult US Deputy Secretary of State Nuland met with rebel leaders of Niger, the talks were “frank and at times quite difficult” – TV Victoria Nuland: After I warned them, the Putschist Leaders in Niger are well aware of the dangers of allying with Russia
Part of Victoria Nuland statements:
I wanted to point out to the Putschist leaders the impact of not restoring democracy on the relationship between United States and Niger
I asked to meet the detained president, Mohamed Bazoum, but I was not given an opportunity to meet him by the Military Junta
I did not have the opportunity to meet with the coup leader, General Abd al-Rahman Tianyi
My meeting with the coup leaders in Niger opened the way for further talks
I stressed to the Putschist Leaders of Niger the dangers of allying with Wagner Group
Further reports
The second-highest US diplomat said Monday she had met with Niger’s military leaders but made no immediate headway in reversing a coup.
Victoria Nuland, the acting deputy secretary of state, said she met for more than two hours with Niger’s senior military leaders in the capital Niamey.
“This was a first conversation in which the United States was offering its good offices if there is a desire on the part of the people who are responsible for this to return to the constitutional order,” she said.
“I would not say that we were in any way taken up on that offer.”
She said she met with Brigadier General Moussa Salaou Barmou, who has been named the new military chief of staff, and other leaders.
She said the junta did not respond to her requests to meet Niger’s self-proclaimed new leader, General Abdourahamane Tiani, or the detained elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, although US officials have been in touch with Bazoum by telephone.
Nuland said that she gave a “number of options” on ways to reverse the coup.
She said she also made clear the consequences for relations with the United States if Niger does not restore Bazoum or follows the path of neighboring Mali in calling in Russia’s Wagner mercenaries.
“I hope they will keep the door open to diplomacy. We made that proposal. We’ll see,” she said.
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