U.S. still focused on diplomatic solution to attempted coup in Niger: Blinken
STORY: U.S. still focused on diplomatic solution to attempted coup in Niger: Blinken
DATELINE: Aug. 16, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:41
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: POLITICS
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1. various of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressing the press
STORYLINE:
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the United States is still "very focused on diplomacy" as the tool to solve the ongoing political crisis in Niger resulting from an attempted coup by a junta.
"We remain very focused on diplomacy for achieving the results that we want, which is the return to the constitutional order," Blinken told reporters during a press briefing at the State Department, adding that he believed there continues to be space for diplomacy in achieving that result.
Blinken's remarks came at a time when tensions continued to build up in and around the west African nation. A regional bloc announced on Thursday the activation and deployment of a "standby force to restore constitutional order" in Niger.
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