Germany Backs EU Sanctions Against Niger Military Junta – Foreign Ministry

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Overseas Minister Annalena Baerbock has held talks with African Union Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and different stakeholders concerning the coup in Niger, and Germany is now backing EU sanctions towards the army junta, her ministry stated on Thursday.

In feedback posted to X, the social media platform previously referred to as Twitter, the overseas ministry stated Baerbock had held the talks with “the purpose of re-establishing constitutional order” in Niger.

Throughout a go to to Abuja, German growth minister Svenja Schulze additionally met with representatives of the West African bloc ECOWAS, the ministry stated.

“After the suspension of growth cooperation and safety cooperation, we within the EU now need to introduce sanctions towards the putschists,” it added.

Niger army officers deposed President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26 and have defied calls from the United Nations, ECOWAS and Western powers to reinstate him, prompting West African heads of state to order the standby pressure to be assembled.

(Writing by Friederike Heine; Enhancing by Miranda Murray)

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