The Russia and Nigerien Defense ministries have agreed to intensify joint actions to stabilize the situation in the region.
Russian Deputy Ministers of Defense, Alexander Fomine and Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, met with Niger’s National Defense Minister, Salifu Modi today.
The Russian Defense Ministry has stressed its willingness to cooperate to increase the combat readiness of the Nigerien armed forces.
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A security Analyst and counter-insurgency expert in the Lakechad region and west Africa Zagazola Makama confirmed the development to GLOBAL TRACKER.
According to him, the meeting took place as part of the visit to Moscow by a Nigerien delegation led by Prime Minister Ali Lamin Zein. The Ministers of Defense, Petroleum, Agriculture, Trade and Health joined the visit.
In december, during Evkurov’s visit to Niger, the defense departments of the two countries signed an agreement aimed at strengthening military cooperation. “