West African leaders aim to agree next steps on defiant Niger junta
at their summit in the Nigerian capital Abuja, but Tinubu set a more conciliatory tone in his opening remarks.
"We must engage all parties involved, including the coup leaders, in earnest discussions to convince them to relinquish power and reinstate President Bazoum," Tinubu said.in three years, as a threat to regional stability and said all avenues of engagement must be exhausted to ensure a swift return to constitutional governance.
They have rebuffed several diplomatic delegations, and hours before the summit in Abuja they named a new government in an apparent move to entrench their position and present themselves as a legitimate government for Niger. "If they attack the army, they will first have to attack us, the people of Niger," said Kadidja Kassoum, calling on ECOWAS to scrap the sanctions and renounce any military plans.but it has evolved into an international entanglement, with ECOWAS, the United Nations and Western countries putting pressure on the junta to stand down, while military governments in neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso have vowed to defend it.
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