U.S. troops restricted to American bases, embassy in Niger . US troops restricted

U.S. troops restricted to American bases, embassy in Niger . US troops restricted

Troops restricted to US bases and US embassy in Niger as Biden administration works to restore democraticallyelected President Mohamed Bazoum to power . US has not yet formally decided if the situation constitutes a coup a designation that would require the US to cut foreign and military assistance to the Nigerien government . The US has had troops in Niger for around a decade mostly advising and training Nigerien forces on counterterrorism efforts . US officials continue to stress that the situation is incredibly fluid and that their focus is on diplomatic efforts along with regional partners to restore democratic rule in Niger . The Pentagon is engaging in strategic patience as we monitor the situation and see how it resolves itself the military official said . The situation on the ground is relatively calm. There are still no indications that groups like Wagner have played any role in the takeover or subsequent protests but of course it is our expectation that theyll try and take advantage of the coup leader Yevgeny Prigozhin speak that they’ll try to take advantage . The coup leaders will try and taken advantage of anti-French sentiment in the region they added. But the coup leaders may not feel free to speak about it. But they may not be free to talk about it, the official said. The US believes the public would prefer a democratic government. The official said that the public is not interested in it. It is not clear that they would prefer to have their democraticallyelected government. Its our expectation. But of course they would like to have its democraticallyelected. But it may not want to have it. The president would not want it. We dont want it to be. It would not be the president. It will not be able to comment. It may not seem to be interested to speak to them. The

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