{"id":1985992,"date":"2023-07-29T20:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T00:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-warns-nigers-support-from-us-in-jeopardy-as-result-of-military-coup\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T20:13:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T00:13:48","slug":"blinken-warns-nigers-support-from-us-in-jeopardy-as-result-of-military-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-warns-nigers-support-from-us-in-jeopardy-as-result-of-military-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken cautions Niger&#8217;s US support at risk due to coup."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblinken-warns-nigers-support-from-us-in-jeopardy-as-result-of-military-coup%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1985992&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Secretary of State Antony Blinken Responds to Niger Military Coup<\/h2>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken has issued his first public response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/betrayed-from-within-patrick-byrne-blasts-white-house-staff-after-attending-election-meeting-with-president-trump-sydney-powell-and-gen-flynn\/\" title=\"\u201cBetrayed From Within\u201d: Patrick Byrne Blasts White House Staff After Attending Election Meeting With President Trump, Sydney Powell and Gen. Flynn\">military coup<\/a> in Niger, which has resulted in the detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by members of his own presidential guard.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Guards defected to hold Bazoum, 63, captive over disagreements of his \u2062administration handling a growing\u2062 insurgence in \u2064the country. While the\u200d coup instigators claim Bazoum has not\u2064 been harmed, they have threatened harm should there be foreign interference. All government\u2064 institutions have subsequently closed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Threat to\u200b Economic and Security Partnership<\/h3>\n<p>Blinken\u200b emphasized the significance of the \u200beconomic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-afghan-leaders-meet-with-joe-biden-at-white-house\/\" title=\"Top Afghan leaders meet with Joe Biden at White House\">security partnership<\/a> between the United\u200b States and Niger, which amounts to hundreds of\u200b millions of dollars. He stated that this partnership depends on \u2063the continuation of democratic governance and constitutional order, which has been disrupted \u2064by\u2064 the recent\u200c actions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo that assistance, that support, is in clear jeopardy as \u200ba result of these actions, which is another reason why they need to be immediately reversed,\u201d Blinken said at a press conference.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Blinken further conveyed the State Department&#8217;s strong message to those responsible for disrupting the constitutional order\u200c and Niger&#8217;s democracy. However, it remains uncertain whether this messaging will have any impact on \u200dBazoum&#8217;s safety.<\/p>\n<h3>International Recognition of Bazoum&#8217;s Legitimacy<\/h3>\n<p>The United States, along with the European Union,\u200c maintains that Bazoum is the legitimate ruler \u2062of Niger. Bazoum has been in office since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Bazoum acknowledged the U.S. for its contribution to infrastructure development in Niger,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-warns-nigers-support-from-us-in-jeopardy-as-result-of-military-coup\/\" title=\"Blinken cautions Niger's US support at risk due to coup.\">including road construction<\/a> and \u200cmodernization of the agriculture \u2064sector. Education is also a top priority for his administration, \u2063with direct assistance provided by several European countries, particularly \u2064France. France has committed to recognizing Bazoum as the\u200c only president\u200b of Niger.<\/p>\n<p>Niger\u2064 holds democratic elections for its\u2064 president, and Bazoum \u2064won in a runoff \u200delection. He belongs to the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism, the same party as the previous president, Mahamadou Issoufou.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken responded to the Niger military coup, where President Mohamed Bazoum was detained by his own guard. 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