"Of course, we [Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali] expect our partner, Russia, to strengthen our capabilities, provide us with the advice we need and, above all, to mobilize the equipment we need to protect our countries. To protect our people, not to wage war against anyone. So here, Russia has accepted it. Of course, we will sign any agreement that will lead to this protection with both hands. That's all I can say," Zeine revealed.
“So we [Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali] have everything we need to be able to share our concerns, have joint projects, joint strategies and also pool our resources to defend ourselves,” the official stated. "So within this framework, we obviously exchange a lot."
"As you know, we have an army that knows how to fight and obviously, we [...] aspire and we hope that very soon, much more fruitful cooperation will allow, at least in the case of our country, to succeed in containing terrorism that affects [Niger] and which we did not seek," Zeine said.
"Niger has never attacked anyone. I hope and wish that in the very near future, we could manage to somewhat contain this phenomenon [i.e. terrorism], which is a phenomenon that all peace-loving countries should have behind them," the politician noted.