France and other European nations said Tuesday that they were sending planes to Niger to evacuate their citizens and called on them to gather at the international airport in Niamey, the capital, as tensions rose following last week’s apparent coup.
The United States, while urging Americans there to avoid “unnecessary movements” and pay attention to embassy safety alerts, said that “we don’t have any indications of direct threats to U.S. citizens or to our facilities” and that there was “no change to our posture at this time.”
“But again, we’re monitoring it literally by the hour,” White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters, and if the situation changes “I’m sure we’ll have more to say about that.” He said the Biden administration had urged Nigerien authorities to help facilitate the European evacuation flights.France sent evacuation emails to its citizens after its embassy in Niamey was attacked over the weekend and protesters took to the streets, some of them waving Russian flags.
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