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Macron says he speaks ‘every day’ to Niger’s Bazoum, faces junta backlash

French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to a high school in Orange, southeastern France on September 1, 2023. © Ludovic Marin, Reuters

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he spoke on a daily basis with Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been removed from power in a coup.

"I speak every day to President Bazoum. We support him. We do not recognise those who carried out the putsch. The decisions we will take, whatever they may be, will be based upon exchanges with Bazoum," said Macron.

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