Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment in over 50 years
Lawmakers backed the move to secure oil facilities and other strategic assets, marking Algeria’s first foreign troop deployment since the 1970s.
- On Sunday, Algeria's Council of the Nation unanimously approved deploying troops to neighbouring Niger; the People's National Assembly is expected to vote on the measure later today.
- Earlier this month, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune confirmed Algeria sent fighter jets to Niamey in late August to help thwart a 'coup attempt' that destabilized the capital.
- The vote followed a visit to Algeria last week by Niger's Defence Minister General Salifou Modi, who held talks with Tebboune and Chief of Staff of the People's National Army General Said Chanegriha.
- If approved, this deployment represents the first military mission outside Algeria's borders since the 1973 October War, known to Israelis as the Yom Kippur War.
- The military units to be deployed are expected to be tasked with securing oil facilities in Niger, following a military cooperation protocol the two sides recently signed.
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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has decided to send units of the National People's Army to Niger, his office announced.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune signed a decree sending military units to Niger to ensure the security of joint facilities and assist the authorities in the fight against terrorists. The upper house of the Algerian parliament unanimously approved the deployment of a military contingent to the neighboring state to assist in countering terrorist groups, RIA Novosti reports. "The President of the Republic, Commander-in-Chief of the Algerian…
Algeria has approved the deployment of troops to neighboring Niger to protect the energy installations and oil projects of state-owned Sonatrach. This is the first deployment of Algerian troops abroad since 1973. The decision was approved on Sunday by both houses of parliament, at a time when the two countries are strengthening military and security cooperation. Algerian authorities have not announced the number of troops to be sent or the start…
The mission ' s tasks include protecting energy infrastructure and enhancing security in the Sahel region.
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