General Tiani receives the Prime Ministers of Mali and Burkina to strengthen ties

General Tiani receives the Prime Ministers of Mali and Burkina

The day after their arrival in Niamey, the Prime Ministers of Mali Choguel Maïga and Burkina Faso Apollinaire Kyélèm de Tambela continue their three-day visit to Niger. Accompanied by their Nigerien counterpart, they were received on Saturday December 30 by General Abdourahamane Tiani, head of the CNSP and who has been at the head of Niger since the coup d’état. The three leaders displayed their closeness, and their desire to strengthen their ties, after creating the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).

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In the family photo, the three prime ministers surround, hand in hand, General Abdourahamane Tiani, head of the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland (CNSP). To his left, the Burkinabè Apollinaire Kyélèm de Tambela, to his right, the Malian Choguel Maïga, then the Nigerien Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, in front of the presidential palace in Niamey.

A hearing devoted, according to the CNSP, to discussions “ strategic » between the three countries, which are brought together by creating the Alliance of Sahel States, particularly in the security area. The three neighbors say they want to further strengthen this alliance, to move towards the creation of a federation.

The three Prime Ministers first castigated ECOWAS sanctions and addressed themes such as sovereignty and the importance of the armed forces. They then had a working session in the presence of other representatives of the new Nigerien government.

Joint projects must be quickly put on the table, says Nigerien Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, who cites a highway and a railway.

Their working visit to Niger will end in Agadez, where they must attend the final of the traditional wrestling championship, the Saber National, before returning to their respective countries.



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