nigeria. chris ewokor, bbc news, sokoto, at the border with niger. i spoke to a former state department official earlier to get insights into the crisis in niger. joining me now is bisa williams, former us ambassador to niger. you so much for taking the time to be with us today. we are now learning more about the acting deputy secretary of state s unsuccessful secretary of state s u nsuccessful attem pts secretary of state s unsuccessful attempts to u nsuccessful attem pts to negotiate some unsuccessful attempts to negotiate some kind of settlement to see a return to power of president mohamed bazoum. why do you think she wasn t able to make any progress there?- wasn t able to make any progress there? i m not sure i would characterise progress there? i m not sure i would characterise that - progress there? i m not sure i would characterise that is - would characterise that is unsuccessful completely. my understanding was that the acting deputy secretary left the door open for continu
thejunta in niger s capital. they said they are ready to defend themselves from the threat of outside military intervention after the expiry of a sunday deadline from the expiry of a sunday deadline from the western african regional bloc ecowas. the group now plans to hold an emergency summit on thursday. meanwhile, the us is suspending aid payments to niger but officials insist there is still time to resolve this crisis. the window of opportunity is definitely still open. we believe that the junta should step aside and allow president bazoum to resume his duties tomorrow, today, tomorrow, any time in the near future. i don t want to put an assessment on when that window would be closed, other than to say that using diplomacy to achieve this objective is our top priority in respect to niger. bisa williams is a former us
for the nigerien people and the worse it is for mohamed bazoum only was it is for this little coup group as well. the real hostages in this situation are of course president bazoum and his family and the nigerien people. and the military, all the military, notjust the little group that appear on television, but the rank and file or to see that, and i think that s also now what the leadership at ecowas is conscious of. leadership at ecowas is conscious of. bisa williams former us conscious of. bisa williams former us ambassador- conscious of. bisa williams former us ambassador to i conscious of. bisa williams - former us ambassador to niger, thank you so much for being with us. ., , ., ~ with us. you re welcome. thank ou. ukraine says at least five people have been killed by russian missile strikes in the country s east. it s happened in the eastern town of pokrovsk in the donetsk region. more than 30 have also been injured in the attack. these are the latest pictures we have, as
it comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west african regional bloc, ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. the group now plans to hold an emergency summit on thursday. meanwhile, the united states is suspending more than $100 million in aid to niger. but officials insist there s still time to solve the crisis. the window of opportunity is definitely still open. we believe that the junta should step aside and allow president bazoum to resume his duties today, tomorrow, anytime in the near future. i don t want to put an assessment on when that window would be closed, other than to say that using diplomacy to achieve this objective is our top priority with respect to niger. bisa williams is a former us ambassador to niger. she told us more about the meeting between the us state department official victoria nuland and the coup leaders.
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