WASHINGTON, 4 Aug. The United States continues to monitor developments in rebel-held Niger and is focused on reaching a diplomatic solution to this crisis, a Pentagon spokesman said.
«We continue to monitor a changing and evolving situation and reiterate our focus on reaching a diplomatic solution,» the senior military official said.
Thus, he answered the question of whether the United States supports a possible intervention in Niger by other states.
Earlier, Reuters, citing the commissioner of the Economic Community of Nations West Africa (ECOWAS) reported that the organization has developed a plan for a possible military intervention in Niger, including the order and timing of the deployment of forces.
In addition, the deposed President of Niger, Mohamed Bazum, published an op-ed in the Washington Post the day before, in which he asked the United States and the international community to restore the constitutional order in his country.