French authorities on Friday responded to the revoking of five military cooperation agreements with its former colony Niger by a week-old military government there, saying while it took note of the decision, those deals had been signed with Niger’s “legitimate authorities”.
Amadou Abdramane, spokesperson for the coup makers who ousted the West African country’s democratically elected President Mohammed Bazoum, announced the severing of the deals late on Thursday on national television, adding that a diplomatic notice would be sent to France to that effect.
