The second-ranking US diplomat meets Niger's military leaders to press to reverse a coup but she reports no headway
Nuland said she warned Niger against following neighbouring Mali in bringing in Russia's Wagner mercenaries.
Victoria Nuland, a veteran envoy who is the acting deputy secretary of state, said she met on Monday for more than two hours with chiefs of the military who on July 26 ousted Mohamed Bazoum, a democratically elected Western ally. "This was a first conversation in which the United States was offering its good offices if there is a desire on the part of the people who are responsible for this to return to the constitutional order," she told reporters by telephone before flying out.
Nuland said she warned Niger against following neighbouring Mali in bringing in Russia's Wagner mercenaries.
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