President Abdelmadjid Tebboune
August 28,
2023.
Algiers.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf, received
on Friday, a telephone call from his Italian counterpart, Antonio Tajani, who
said that the Italian government "supports" and "warmly
welcomes" the initiative of President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid
Tebboune, aimed at ensuring the possibility of implementing a political
solution to settle the crisis in Niger," said the ministry in a statement.
Tajani said
that his country's government "supports and warmly welcomes the initiative
taken by President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in sending envoys to
Niger and the countries of the Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS), with a view to bringing together the necessary conditions to ensure
the possibility of implementing a political solution to settle the crisis in
Niger," said the source.
In this
regard, Tajani said that "Italy fully shares Algeria's concern about the
repercussions of the use of force," expressing his country's
"readiness to support Algeria's efforts and steps to calm the situation
and work towards a return to constitutional order in Niger by peaceful
means," the source concluded.
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