Media Wire Express CorrespondentNiger’s Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine is in Russia’s capital Moscow for talks aimed at deepening economic and military ties between the two countries.
He is accompanied by Defence Minister Salihou Mody as well as Niger’s ministers of petroleum and trade.
Zeine would also visit Turkey, Iran and Serbia.
Niger’s military junta is seeking to “diversify its partnerships”, french Mondafrique reported.
The website said the junta has made clear its intention to free itself of Western influence, beginning with the severing of ties with France.
Source:Africa Intel
