Niger Security Officers Are Looking For The French Ambassador Who Refused To Leave The Country

 Niger Security Officers Are Looking For The French Ambassador Who Refused To Leave The Country The security forces, including the police an...

 Niger Security Officers Are Looking For The French Ambassador Who Refused To Leave The Country

The security forces, including the police and gendarmerie, are busy searching the cars coming from the French embassy and those coming from his house in Yamai.

  - The authorities of the Republic of Niger have deployed security officers on the road of the French embassy in Yamai where they are investigating the vehicles coming out of the French embassy after the police were ordered to escort Ambassador Sylvain Itte out of the country.

Since Thursday evening, security forces have been deployed on the road of the French embassy in the Yantala area of Yamai a few hours after the police were ordered to escort the ambassador outside.

Ambassador Itte broke the deadline given to him by the caretaker government of Niger to leave the country.

The security forces, including the police and the gendarmerie, are engaged in searching the vehicles coming from the French embassy and those coming from the ambassador's house with the aim of identifying the passengers or the things they are carrying.

The supporter of the policy of the military council of the CNSP, Habila Rabiou, said that the decision was right.

The Vienna Convention of the early 1960s describes the embassy as a place of protection for all its occupants.

Moustapha Abdoulaye, an expert in the field of diplomacy and security, said that entering the French embassy to look for an ambassador is a mistake.

But he said, standing outside and checking the cars is not a crime.

Last Friday evening, the Ministry of Affairs of Niger gave the French Ambassador Sylvain Itte 48 hours to leave the country. The police should arrest him as part of the tension between the leaders of the two countries due to the coup d'état led by the commander of the presidential army, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, against President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, 2023.

Another thing that is attracting attention right now is how it will behave after the expiration of the deadline for the withdrawal of 1500 French troops tomorrow, Saturday, the 2nd of September.