The Niger coup leaders has vowed to resist external pressure to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum after ECOWAS imposed sanctions and Western allies suspended aids.
Earlier, the junta informed ECOWAS that it cannot host a delegation from the West African regional bloc or any of the pressuring interested continental bodies and Western nations.
“The current context of anger and revolt among the population following the sanctions imposed by ECOWAS makes it impossible to welcome this delegation in the required serenity and security,” Niger’s Foreign Affairs Ministry wrote in a letter addressed to the ECOWAS representation in Niamey.
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Meanwhile, on Monday, acting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with the coup leaders where she attempted to persuade them to sllow her meet with the ousted predident Bazoum
Nuland said they refused to allow her to meet with ousted President Bazoum, whom she described as under “virtual house arrest.”
She described the mutinous officers as unreceptive to her appeals to start negotiations and restore constitutional rule.
