Security and Defence Subcommittee MEPs to visit Niger
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28. Oktober 2022 In Aktuell, EN

Security and Defence Subcommittee MEPs to visit Niger

A delegation from the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, led by the Chair Nathalie Loiseau (RE, FR), will visit Niger from 31 October to 3 November.

The visit by the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) will assess the work of the EU’s EUCAP Sahel Niger Common Security and Defence Policy mission. It will also seek to reinforce the importance of EU-Niger regional cooperation on security and defence, including in the context of growing Jihadism, regional instability, and the geopolitical fallout of the Russian war against Ukraine. EUCAP Sahel Niger is a civilian capacity-building mission working to strengthen Niger’s internal security sector in the fight against significant security threats.

The Subcommittee Chair Nathalie Loiseau (RE, FR) will be joined by five other MEPs : David McAllister (EPP, DE); Arnaud Danjean (EPP, FR); Sven Simon (EPP, DE); Attila Ara-Kovács (S&D, HU); Javier Nart (RE, ES).

MEPs will meet with Mohamed Bazoum, President of the Republic of Niger; Seini Oumarou, President of the National Assembly; Alkassoum Indattou, Minister of National Defence; Hassoumi Massoudou, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Hamadou Adamou Souley, Minister of Interior and Decentralisation and with representatives of local authorities.

The delegation will also meet the respective heads of the EUCAP mission and the EU delegation in Niger, alongside international partners.