The United States of America says it may be forced to use brute force and violent means to oust the military junta in Niger Republic.
The US acting Deputy Secretary, Victoria
Nuland, in a special briefing on Niger made this known via a teleconference on
Tuesday.
She warned the Niger junta that America may
be pushed to be involved militarily if the country’s military rulers do not
return to constitutional order.
She noted, “…There is still a lot of motion
here on many sides with regard to where the governance situation will go.
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“So we will be watching that closely and
there are a number of regional meetings coming up and consultations with allies
and partners that we need to make.
“So we’ll be watching the situation, but we
understand our legal responsibilities and I explained those very clearly to the
guys (Niger junta) who were responsible for this and that it is not our desire
to go there, but they may push us to that point, and we asked them to be
prudent in that regard and to hear our offer to try to work with them to solve
this diplomatically and return to constitutional order.”
Nuland noted that President Joe Bden has been
in constant touch with President Tinubu, the ECOWAS Chairman as well as many
other European allies.
“He’s also been in regular touch with
President Tinubu of Nigeria, who is currently head of ECOWAS, with AU
Chairperson Faki, and with a number of European allies with whom we work in
Niger, particularly on counterterrorism.
“And all of this has been rooted in our
shared values, including the sense of democracy, which was why it was so
difficult, and remains difficult, to see the current challenge to the
democratic order which began on July 26,” she stressed
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