According to a press conference organized by the Algerian foreign ministry last month on the situation in Niger, the ministry, on the instructions of the country’s president, has decided to request support and consultations from inside and outside neighbouring Niger to end the crisis.
In this regard, the Embassy of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria in Dhaka issued a letter to the media, urging support.
Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf at the August 29 briefing said the main feature of Algeria's position on the crisis in Niger is that it combines in a wise and thoughtful manner the rejection of two elements: the unconstitutional change of the government and the use of force to address the crisis resulting from it.
“Our conviction is deeply anchored in the fact that a middle ground solution can only be reached by providing the necessary conditions to initiate a political process so as to put an end to the crisis, in line with the highest interest of Niger and its brotherly people and the interests of all countries and peoples of the region.”
The main objective of these contacts and consultations is to build regional and international momentum around the political option to resolve the crisis in Niger, and to exclude the option of resorting to the use of force, the letter added.
On July 26, the Presidential Guard of the Republic of Niger detained President Mohamed Bazoum. Shortly after declaring the coup a success, Presidential Guard commander General Abdourahamane Tchiani assumed control of a new military junta.
Since the nation's separation from France in 1960, there have been five military coups d'état; this one was the first since 2010.