Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, the Prime Minister of Niger, who disclosed this, said Mr Tchiani has expressed readiness to dialogue with the regional bloc.
“That’s why we’re here, and our able leader and president accepted the offer that he wants us to intervene and to talk to our brothers over there in Niger Republic.”
“I call for President Bazoum and his family to be immediately released, and for the preservation of Niger’s hard-earned democracy,” Mr Biden said.
There is recent evidence that Africans in many countries are increasingly open to the return of military rule under certain conditions.
