Antony Blinken, United States secretary of state, has commended President Bola Tinubu’s leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the Niger Republic crisis.
Blinken spoke with the president via phone on Monday, according to a statement released by the US state department.
“The Secretary commended President Tinubu’s leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Second Extraordinary Summit on the situation in the Republic of Niger,” the statement reads.
“He noted the importance of maintaining pressure on the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) to restore constitutional order and to see President Mohamed Bazoum and his family released.”
In a tweet, Blinken said: “Spoke to Nigerian President Tinubu to commend his leadership of the Economic Community of West African States and discussed shared efforts to restore constitutional order in Niger”.
