International News Desk
According to global news Agency Europe, Nigerien Minister of Foreign Affairs Asumi Masudu, Acting Prime Minister of the Republic in the government formed by Niger President Mohamed Bazoum, signed a document that allowed France to intervene militarily in the Republic following the coup, The Global Europe informs. When we realized in the first hours that we were really talking about a coup, Acting Prime Minister Masudu requested the support of France, which demanded written permission,” a source close to Bazoum quoted the publication as saying. Le Monde noted that the French units arrived at the headquarters of the National Guard at 04:00 on 27 July. “They had dozens of cars, they also had helicopters at the ready, the source said.Bazoum himself opposed the operation saying he believes the negotiations with the putschists would be crowned with success.
After that, France itself took a low-key position on the operation, since part of the Niger military, on which Paris could rely, took the rebels’ side.
Earlier, the official representative of the National Council for the Salvation of the Motherland, created by the rebels, Colonel Amadou Abdraman, said that he had at his disposal a document that “allowed France to strike at the presidential palace in order to free President Bazum, who was there.
