Niger still concerned about security at its borders with Benin. During a meeting with the Beninese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olushegun Bakari and Bakari Yaou Sangare, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Nigeriens Abroad, confided, Friday, September 6, 2024, his security concerns which block the reopening of the borders between the two countries. The head of Beninese diplomacy, for his part, reassured the Nigerien side and reiterated the availability of the competent authorities to work quickly to restore confidence.
According to Barikoye Djibo, Director General of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Niger who gave the information in a statement read on Niger’s national television, RTN, Friday, the heads of diplomacy of Benin and Niger had these exchanges on the sidelines of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation which is being held in Beijing, China.
”The two parties agreed to continue exchanges between the competent authorities of the two countries. The two parties agreed to a future meeting in New York on the sidelines of the work of the 79th United Nations General Assembly,” informed Barikoye Djibo.
The meeting between the Beninese and Nigerien authorities is taking place a few weeks after the presentation by Ambassador Gildas Djobloski Agonkan, to the Nigerien Minister of Foreign Affairs, of the illustrated copies of the letters of credence. An act that marks his entry into office as ambassador to Niger. The discussions take place in a context of crisis of confidence where Niamey accuses Benin of serving as a rear base for countries that are hostile to it.
This article is originally published on banouto.bj
