The spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Nabila Massrali, stated on Monday that the decision to expel the French Ambassador from Niger is a "provocation."
"'The putschists' decision to expel the French Ambassador is a new provocation that can in no way help to find a diplomatic solution to the current crisis," she said in a statement published by the European External Action Service.
Besides, the diplomat also said that the European Union fully supports the French Ambassador and "will not recognize" the authority of Niger's military Junta.