Publish Date: 23 September 2023 - 12:36

New York, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has met his Nigerien counterpart Bakary Yaou Sangaré on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.

The two foreign ministers met at Amirabdollahian’s residence in New York on Friday evening local time.

The top Iranian diplomat has met with foreign ministers of several countries on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session.

On July 26, a coup d'état occurred in Niger when the country’s presidential guard arrested President Mohamed Bazoum on charges of corruption, complicity with the West, and indifference to poverty. Afterward, Presidential Guard commander General Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself the leader of a new military junta.

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