Posted on 01/16/2024 12:24:33 PM PST by marcusmaximus
Russia and Niger, under military rule since a coup last year, have agreed to develop military cooperation, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
According to Russian news agencies, Russian Deputy Defense Ministers Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Alexander Fomin met Niger's junta-appointed Defense Minister Salifu Modi on Tuesday.
"The parties noted the importance of developing Russian-Niger relations in the defense sector and agreed to intensify joint actions to stabilize the situation in the region," - the ministry said, adding that it aims to continue dialogue on "increasing the combat readiness" of Niger's military.
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Yes. Russia need another millstone around it’s neck. Good job.
Russia, Iran, North Korea, Niger…
Just as Macron and elite-led France blew their game plan to smithereens.
Russia is attempting to grow its list of allies.
Too bad the Brandon Regime has no interest in doing the same.
Good for the Russians. They will treat those in Niger with a lot more respect that French or we ever have.
LGB FJB
You realize our biggest drone intel monitoring and collection station in the region….is in Niger, right? I suspect we will be relocating
And it looks like the world price of uranium just went up…more
Niger has Africa’s highest grade uranium and is among the world’s highest producers
To deal with manpower shortages this could lead to more Nigers in the Russian Army.
Wow.
Two loser countries going nowhere
They deserve each other
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Niger is a top producer of nuclear fuel.
And “Yellow Cake”.
Russia doesn’t have enough?
No, the French do not have it, except from Niger.
If need be we have plenty of uranium.
Sure, but there has to be expertise to process it.
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