Washington reaches agreement with Niamey to withdraw its forces from Niger

NIAMEY, April 20 (YPA) – The United States of America has reached an agreement with the Nigerien authorities to withdraw its forces, numbering more than a thousand soldiers, from the African country.

Agence France-Presse quoted American officials as saying that US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell agreed to the Niamey authorities’ request to withdraw forces, during a meeting in Washington with Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zein.

The agreement stipulates sending an American delegation to Niger in the coming days to agree on the details of the withdrawal.

YPA