President Mohamed Bazoum has been in Ankara, Turkey since Wednesday to visit the main flagships of the Turkish arms industry.
Bringing security back to Niger is the primary mission of Mohamed Bazoum for his five-year term. Mahamadou Issoufou’s successor has shown resolve to get the means to achieve his ambitions.
This is the reason for his five-day visit to Turkey. As soon as he arrived in Ankara, the Nigerien head of state visited important military industries. Mohamed Bazoum has so far held “two working sessions with the managers of the BAYKAR (TB2 drones) and HAVELSAN (radar, reconnaissance, security and border surveillance system) companies,” the Niger Presidency says.
Niamey has already placed an order with BAYKAR. According to the same source, several drones will be received in the coming months and will certainly allow people living in certain areas marked by insecurity to live with more serenity. These state-of-the-art weapons are currently used by Ukrainian forces to destroy Russian armored vehicles, missile systems and trucks.
In Ankara’s military industrial complex, Mohamed Bazoum also stopped by TUSAS. For several months, a procurement contract for the supply of warplanes to be delivered “very soon” has linked Niger and this company.
In addition, NUROL organized for Niger’s supreme head of the armies “a demonstration of the type of armored vehicles ordered by Niger and which are being manufactured.” In addition, the Sahelian country is also in the order book of ROKETSAN specializing in the manufacture of missiles and smart rockets.
Mohamed Bazoum’s working sessions with the Turkish arms makers took place in the presence of the Nigerien Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense and the Chiefs of Staff of the Air Force and Army.
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