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===Foreign Relations===
===Foreign Relations===
Niger pursues a moderate foreign policy and maintains friendly relations with the West and the Islamic world as well as nonaligned countries. It belongs to the United Nations and its main specialized agencies and in 1980-81 served on the UN Security Council. Niger maintains a special relationship with France and enjoys close relations with its West African neighbors. It is a charter member of the African Union and the West African Monetary Union and also belongs to the Niger River and Lake Chad Basin Commissions, the Economic Community of West African States, the Nonaligned Movement, and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
Niger pursues a moderate foreign policy and maintains friendly relations with the West and the Islamic world as well as nonaligned countries. It belongs to the United Nations and its main specialized agencies and in 1980-81 served on the UN Security Council. Niger maintains a special relationship with France and enjoys close relations with its West African neighbors. It is a charter member of the African Union and the West African Monetary Union and also belongs to the Niger River and Lake Chad Basin Commissions, the Economic Community of West African States, the Nonaligned Movement, and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
On September 16, 2024 the [[United States]] announced it had completed the withdrawal of its forces and assets from Niger. The [[US]] [[Pentagon]] had some 1,000 troops stationed in Niger, where it had built a $100 million [[military]] base in 2016 and relied on the state as a crucial location for its operations in the Sahel region of Africa.<ref>https://www.africom.mil/pressrelease/35590/us-withdrawal-from-niger-completed</ref>
==Defense==
==Defense==