Nigerien Delegation Visits Moscow to Strengthen Ties

Name: Nigerien Delegation Visits Moscow to Strengthen Ties
Uploaded: 2024-01-20T14:57+0100
Duration: 4 min 7 s
Description: The ministries of trade, oil, sports, and defense were among the entourage led by the head of the government, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, that arrived in Moscow on January 15. The main goal of the visit was to strengthen military cooperation with Russia among other areas.

14:57, 20 January 2024

The ministries of trade, oil, sports, and defense were among the entourage led by the head of the government, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, that arrived in Moscow on January 15. The main goal of the visit was to strengthen military cooperation with Russia among other areas.

Sputnik

As the week draws to a close, the new host of Sputnik Africa's weekly video digest, AI-powered Joy, sums it up.

One of the main events of this week was the first official visit of the Niger delegation to Moscow since the coup of July last year that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.

Prime Minister Zeine stressed that "Niger has chosen to embark on the path to its liberation, its independence and its sovereignty, and to make a free choice for all its partners," and Russia is among them.

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