Burkina Faso and Mali have deployed military aircraft in Niger, Niger TV RTN reported.
As reported by the Turkish Anadolu agency and African media, those neighboring countries have sent military equipment to Niger to help the Nigerien putschists in repelling a possible attack.
It is added that Mali and Burkina Faso claim that in this way they are implementing their obligations stated in the joint statement on solidarity with Niger. In that document, on July 31, they expressed solidarity with the people of Niger, warning that they would consider any military intervention in Niger as a declaration of war against Mali and Burkina Faso.
Previously, the Ecowas Bloc of West African countries (ECOWAS) announced that it is ready for military intervention in Niger if such an order is issued. That decision was made after a two-day summit of West African defense ministers in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
"Dan de was chosen for military intervention. It is not our favorite option but we are obliged to do it because of the Niger junta," said Abdel Fatu Musa, commissioner of ECOWAS.
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He added the goal of the intervention is to restore the constitutional order.
Niger's army announced on July 26 that it had ousted President Mohamed Bazum from power.
The EU and the US demand the president's release
Burkina Faso and Mali, where the military overthrew governments in 2020 and 2022, sided with the Niger junta and in a joint letter on August 17 to the United Nations Security Council and ECOWAS announced that the scale of the consequences of a possible military intervention would be unpredictable.
Earlier, state delegations from Mali and Burkina Faso visited Niger to show solidarity with its military leaders who have been under international isolation since the coup.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simao, traveled to Niger to discuss the prospects for resolving the crisis after the military coup.
"He remains in contact with representatives of Ecovas, stakeholders in Niger and other stakeholders for a quick and peaceful resolution of the problem," said the spokesman for the United Nations Secretary General, Stefan Dižarik.
After the military coup in Niger, the European Union suspended financial aid and security cooperation with Niger. The EU and the United States of America demanded the immediate release of deposed President Muhammad Bazum and the return of democratic order in the country.
The participants of the emergency meeting of the Chiefs of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the ECOWAS countries held at the beginning of August in Abuja adopted a plan in case of military intervention in Niger.
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