Chairman McCaul Issues Statement on Junta’s Decision to Limit American Access in Niger

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on Niger’s decision to restrict American access in the country.

“I am deeply concerned to see that the junta in Niger has restricted the U.S. presence in the country. This decision will likely result in Russia and China being invited to fill the security void, and terrorist groups like ISIS-Sahel and Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin will expand their territorial control. The administration must reinforce its support to Coastal West Africa and address the underlying sources of the instability using the framework laid out in the bipartisan Global Fragility Act, legislation which I am proud to have led.”

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