{"id":30139,"date":"2024-08-08T19:56:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=30139"},"modified":"2024-08-08T19:56:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:56:10","slug":"kyiv-nigers-accusations-toward-ukraine-groundless-untrue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/kyiv-nigers-accusations-toward-ukraine-groundless-untrue\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv: Niger\u2019s Accusations Toward Ukraine \u2018Groundless, Untrue\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine on Thursday said that Niger\u2019s accusations toward itself are \u201cgroundless and untrue,\u201d as the West African nation decided to cut its diplomatic ties with Kyiv over its alleged support of Malian \u201cterrorist groups.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe accusations against Ukraine made in the statement of the representative of the government of this country (Niger) do not withstand any criticism, are groundless and untrue,\u201d said a statement by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.<br \/>\nExpressing that Kyiv took note of Niger\u2019s decision to cut diplomatic relations with Ukraine, the statement said the country resolutely rejects the accusations against it.<br \/>\nUkraine argued that it assumed the decision to be a \u201cgesture of solidarity&#8221; with those that have chosen the \u201cpath of rapprochement\u201d with Russia, which it accused of spreading \u201cchaos and confrontation\u201d around the world, including in the African continent.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is regrettable that Niger&#8217;s authorities decided to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine without conducting any investigations into the incident in Mali,\u201d the statement also said.<br \/>\nIt added that Kyiv is determined to continue building mutually beneficial relations with all African states on the basis of certain points, including non-interference in internal affairs, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the goals and principles of the UN Charter.<br \/>\nOn Tuesday, Niger announced an \u201cimmediate\u201d end to its diplomatic ties with Ukraine over Kyiv\u2019s alleged support of Malian \u201cterrorist groups,\u201d and that the matter would be referred to the UN Security Council as a case of \u201cUkrainian aggression.\u201d<br \/>\nThe West African nation has moved closer to Russia in recent years. Wagner is said to have been operating in the country since late 2021, replacing French troops and international peacekeepers.<br \/>\nUkraine rejected Mali\u2019s accusations and defined its decision to cut diplomatic ties as \u201cshort-sighted and hasty.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies\u00a0 Ukraine on Thursday said that Niger\u2019s accusations toward itself are \u201cgroundless and untrue,\u201d as the West African nation decided to cut its diplomatic ties with Kyiv over its alleged support of Malian \u201cterrorist groups.\u201d \u201cThe accusations against Ukraine made in the statement of the representative of the government of this country &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30140,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30139\/revisions\/30140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}