French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed concern about military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, stating that it would fuel Russian aggression against Ukraine. Russia has become a pariah in the West after launching hostilities in Ukraine last year and has sought to strengthen ties with North Korea.
are there mediation efforts under way for president bazoum to be released? well, yes. in fact, they would like to see elysee would like to see civilian authority restored in niger. if for no other reason they ve got 1200 or 1500 troops there on the ground and they would like to continue their operations, their anti-terrorist ofrpgss that they ve been conduct ing fr now over a decade in the region. in any case, they very much would like to see the ecowas take the lead thon and basically restore bazoum to power. things are deteriorating for bazoum. as you indicated, the ex-president in fact is being held according to reports in the basement of the presidential palace. he s being deprived of clean water despite the heat and medicines. although there was one report yesterday that a doctor did get in to see the former president. no verification of that, however. and now we have this ecowas
regional leaders appear to be holding off, at least for now, on their threat to send troops into niger to restore the ousted president to power. reuters rertthe economic community of west african states is moving toward sending a group to negotiate instead. but the coup leaders have shown no desire to talk so far. the move comes amid anti-french protests in niger s capital. france is supporting the ousted president mohamed bazoum, but some protesters have called for russia to help them drive french troops out of the country. cnn s jim bittermann is standing by live outside the french capital. jim, good morning. there are mounting concerns over the deteriorating health of the deposed president bazoum. what has the elysee s reaction been so far?
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