Junta spokesman Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane accused Paris of preparing an attack against Niger in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Last month the bloc had said it would use all measures, including military force, to reverse the 26 July putsch which overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum.
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