In a statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mali, it was stated with surprise that the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs classified Mali as a "red zone" on the grounds of "serious regional tensions".
In the statement, it was announced that Mali will not grant visas to French citizens until second order, on the basis of reciprocity.
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a travel warning to Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso on 7 August after Mali and Burkina Faso supported the coup in Niger.
COUP IN NIGER
In Niger, President Mohammed Bazum was detained by elements of the Presidential Guard Regiment on July 26, and that evening the military announced that he had seized power.
General Abdurrahmane (Omar) Tchiani, the Commander of the Presidential Guard Regiment, assumed the leadership of the National Council for the Protection of the Homeland (CNSP) junta on July 28 and became the head of the transitional government.
After the military coup in Niger, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gave the military junta 7 days on July 30 to release President Mohammed Bazum and return to duty.
Although ECOWAS announced that they would consider every option, including military intervention, if their demands were not met during this period, it did not initiate a military operation at the end of the deadline.
The possibility of military intervention drew the reaction of other junta governments in West Africa. Burkina Faso and Mali, where there are soldiers in the administration, warned ECOWAS in a joint statement that a military intervention in Niger would mean a war against them.