ABUJA – Coup leaders in Niger are open to diplomacy to resolve a standoff with West Africa’s regional bloc, a group of senior Nigerian Islamic scholars said on Sunday after meeting the junta in Niamey.
The group’s meeting with junta leader General Abdourahamane Tiani lasted several hours, said Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau, who led the delegation. There was no immediate comment from the junta on the meeting, but Gen Tiani’s reported comments are one of few recent signs he is open to negotiation. On Saturday, Gen Tiani sent a delegation, led by his defence chief, General Moussa Salaou Barmou, to the Guinean capital Conakry to thank leaders there for their support - a sign of the junta’s desire to affirm alliances as it stands up to regional and other powers.
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