U.S. urges ECOWAS to defend constitutional order in Niger and maintain “zero tolerance for unconstitutional change.”
PEOPLES GAZETTE
Extraordinary ECOWAS Summit on Niger
Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
The United States welcomes and commends the strong leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government to defend constitutional order in Niger, actions that respect the will of the Nigerien people and align with enshrined ECOWAS and African Union principles of “zero tolerance for unconstitutional change.”
We join ECOWAS and regional leaders in calling for the immediate release of President Mohamed Bazoum and his family and the restoration of all state functions to the legitimate, democratically-elected government.
