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Army announced Niger Today, Friday, France completed the withdrawal of its forces, thus ending its military deployment in the country.
Military spokesman Salim Ibrahim said that today marked the end of the process of disengaging French forces from the Sahel region, where they had remained for nearly 10 years as part of an anti-terrorism operation.
Ibrahim added that, as part of the disengagement process, France transferred about 1,500 soldiers on board 145 flights and 15 land convoys.
The military spokesman added that the ceremony at Niamey Air Base concluded with the signing of a joint document by the Commander of the Nigerian Land Forces, Colonel Maman Sani Kyaw, and the Commander of the French Forces in the Sahel, General Eric Ozanne, in the presence of military representatives of both the United States and Togo.
France began withdrawing its forces from Niger last October at the request of the ruling military junta that took power after the overthrow of the president. Mohammad Bazoom On July 26 last.
Meanwhile, the Euronews network quoted French diplomatic sources as saying that Paris decided to close its embassy in Niger after it became unable to work normally.
In addition to Niger, France has withdrawn its forces from Burkina Faso and Mali, which are also ruled by the military.
After the military took power in these three countries, popular anti-France positions escalated, and the withdrawal of French forces was the most prominent slogan raised in the demonstrations that took place there earlier this year.
