Breaking news! Niger announces severance of diplomatic ties with Ukraine
2024-08-07
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According to the CCTV News client, Amadou Abdulrahman, spokesman for Niger's military government, issued a statement on national television on the 6th saying that Niger immediately severed diplomatic relations with Ukraine.
In his statement, Abdulrahman condemned Ukraine's support for "terrorist organizations" and expressed hope that the UN Security Council would rule on Ukraine's "aggression."
On July 6 this year, military leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso held the first summit of member states of the "Alliance for the Sahel" in Niamey, the capital of Niger, and announced the establishment of the "Confederation of Sahel States".
The transitional government of Mali issued a communiqué on the 4th saying that after Ukraine admitted its involvement in the "obvious aggression" against Mali, Mali announced that it would immediately sever diplomatic relations with Ukraine.
The communiqué said that the Malian transitional government had noted that Ukrainian military intelligence spokesman Yusov had recently made "subversive" remarks, admitting that Ukraine was involved in attacks launched by armed terrorist groups, resulting in casualties and property losses among Malian troops in fighting in the northeast of the country.
The communiqué said that the Ukrainian authorities' actions "violated Mali's sovereignty, went beyond the scope of foreign interference, and constituted a clear aggression against Mali." The Malian transitional government decided to immediately sever diplomatic relations with Ukraine.
The Malian armed forces said on July 30 that Malian troops suffered heavy casualties in a battle with a "terrorist alliance" in the northeast of the country on July 26.
In March 2012, a military coup took place in Mali, and Tuareg militants seized the capitals of three regions, including Kidal in the north. In May 2015, the Malian government signed a peace and reconciliation agreement with some armed groups in the north, and in June of the same year, all parties signed the final agreement. However, conflicts have continued in northern Mali in recent years, and armed attacks in the central and southern regions have also increased.
source China News Service (CNS1952) compiled from: CCTV News Client
