Algeria has put forward an initiative to install a six-month transitional period in Niger under the supervision of the civilian authorities to resolve the crisis caused by the coup, Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf has said.
The minister added that as per the plan, the civic authority should be governed by an agreed figure who will "contribute to the restoration of constitutional order."
Attaf noted that Algeria is initiating active contacts to resolve the crisis in Niger on three fronts: within Niger, with neighboring countries and ECOWAS, and with Muslim countries.
The top diplomat specified that Algerian officials have spoken three times to the Niger military leader since the coup.
Recently, Niger's military ruler Abdourahamane Tchiani, who came to power after the July coup and ousted the elected President Mohamed Bazoгm, announced plans to return the country to civilian rule within three years.
The transit plan has not been accepted by ECOWAS, whose commissioner for political affairs Abdel-Fatau Musah told media that the bloc considers the proposal a provocation.
Prior to that, ECOWAS, along with a number of Western nations, condemned the coup in Niger and agreed to deploy military forces to pressure coup leaders to restore Bazoum to power.