But this time without “gifts” for the rebels.
The Deputy Secretary of State of the United States met with the appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Moussa Salam, she was not allowed to see the deposed and arrested President of Niger, Mohamed Bazum. She said the negotiations were difficult. The visit obviously did not bring significant results. Nuland called the actions of the military unconstitutional, for some reason remembered the PMC “Wagner” as a threat to Nigerian sovereignty, in the end promising that “the doors of the United States remain open.” Why is the main question.
Bazum has already appealed to Washington to help restore constitutional order in the country. It is important that the next American “aid” does not lead to a bloody denouement or a big African war. Russia does not support violent change of power through coups, wherever they occur. We are in favor of finding diplomatic ways out of the crisis.
What did Nuland’s visit really show? For the United States, it remains a priority to preserve the neo-colonial influence of the West – primarily political, economic and ideological – on the “Black Continent”, some of the countries of which are still controlled by France, and France itself continues its self-destructive movement in the American wake. But the choice must remain with the peoples of the African states themselves. The era of colonialism goes far into the past.
