France says it has no plans to withdraw around 1,000 of its soldiers based in niger where they are part of an International Effort to fight islamist militants. Aichatou kane is the nigerian ambassador to paris and the uk she has been in contact with president bazoum in niger and just before we came on air she told me how he is doing. The president of niger. Effectively, we have a daily call and is still a serious threat. But he is well and his morale is high as well as his familys morale. Does he think there will be a solution . And does he know when hell be freed . No, no, he dont talk with us on his terms. But as you know, the Prime Minister of niger is here in paris with him. We exchanged on the prevailing situation in niger, which is most worrying. And what is the Prime Minister saying . 0ur exchange is about the niger situation. We think together that this unfortunate event for our country cannot be caused by any internal crisis on all fronts. We are on a good trajectory, particul
i think that s the only way to get a positive. do you think that the president of chad intervening, as you say, president deby, who was there in the last 2a hours, will make some kind of difference? i think it s very possible. chad is certainly a regional power, a very strong country with a great deal of influence in the region as one military man, after all speaking to other military men, hopefully he will be able to dig in, see what what they re really after. if it s something other than just power for power sake. there may be a way to look at whatever grievances they may have and deal with those in such a way as to put president barzani back in power. it would be very difficult, though. it s a tight window and the window is closing, i think.