No sign of departing French envoy after Macron announces Niger retreat

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PARIS: Two days after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his envoy in Niger would return within several hours after deciding to withdraw his troops from the country, the whereabouts of Ambassador Sylvain Itte are unclear. In a sudden about turn on Sunday, Macron said France's 1,500 counter-ter

PARIS: Two days after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his envoy in Niger would return within several hours after deciding to withdraw his troops from the country, the whereabouts of Ambassador Sylvain Itte are unclear.after a two-month stand off since a military coup that overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum.

Macron said he wanted an orderly withdrawal. The junta's spokesman said on Monday evening that the envoy and troop withdrawal should be done in a negotiated framework and with a joint agreement. Itte, a career diplomat, who in his previous posting was an ambassador fighting disinformation across the continent, has seen conditions at the embassy progressively worsen.

 

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