Niger will immediately sever diplomatic relations with Ukraine due to Kiev's alleged aggression against Mali, Amadou Abdramane, a spokesman for Niger's transitional military government, said.
"Considering the seriousness of the situation and Ukraine's recognized and alleged involvement in the aggression against Mali, the government of the Republic of Niger, in full solidarity with the government and people of Mali, is taking ... the following measures: first, the immediate severance of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Niger and Ukraine, and second, an appeal to the UN Security Council to make a decision regarding the aggression by Ukraine and its sponsors," Abdramane said in a televised address.
He also called on the international community to "resist Ukraine's decision to defend terrorism in a global context."
On Monday, the Malian interim government said that it had cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine.
