France warned on Sunday that it will not tolerate any attack on its interests after pro-junta supporters in Niger stoned its embassy, burned French flags and chanted anti-French slogans in a protest organised by the new military leaders.
Ahead of the Sunday summit, the military leaders in Niger on Saturday night warned in a statement read on Niger national television against any military intervention.
"We want to once more remind ECOWAS or any other adventurer, of our firm determination to defend our homeland," he said.Invited by the military leaders, thousands of pro-junta supporters took to the streets of the capital early on Sunday to show their support and reject any intervention by ECOWAS. The protesters gathered in a public square in central Niamey. Some headed to the French Embassy, chanting anti-French slogans, according to a Reuters journalist.in September last year following a coup, some protesters tried to climb the walls of the embassy, while others stomped on burning French flags. Some youths threw stones at the embassy building before the protesters were dispersed by Niger national guard.
" Emmanuel Macron was able to speak again to Presidents Bazoum and Issoufou in the last few hours, both of whom clearly condemned the coup and called for calm among the population," the statement said.
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