一支阿尔及利亚军队车队已抵达尼日尔，这是阿尔及利亚自1973年阿拉伯-以色列战争期间派兵支持埃及以来的首次海外部队部署。
An Algerian army convoy has arrived in Niger in Algeria's first foreign troop deployment since it sent forces to support Egypt during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
尼日尔与西非萨赫勒地区的其他国家一样，正在与与基地组织和伊斯兰国有关联的叛乱分子作战。与尼日尔接壤的阿尔及利亚，传统上将萨赫勒-撒哈拉地区的稳定视为重要的地区安全优先事项。能源是阿尔及利亚在尼日尔的重要关注点，阿尔及利亚国有石油和天然气公司Sonatrach在那里有投资。一项主要项目是与尼日尔和尼日利亚合作的跨撒哈拉天然气管道，旨在将非洲天然气输送到欧洲和其他国际市场。
路透社采访了10人，他们说第一支阿尔及利亚军事车队已抵达阿利特，这是该国西北部的一个铀矿镇。阿尔及利亚表示，部署军队的决定是为了保护该国的能源和经济利益，但没有透露部队规模或到达时间表。军事官员自2023年7月推翻总统穆罕默德·巴祖姆的政变以来一直统治着拥有铀、石油和黄金资源的尼日尔，阿尔及利亚最初反对这一政变。
这次部署表明，阿尔及尔与尼亚美之间的关系自去年以来有所改善，当时尼日尔召回了驻阿尔及利亚大使，此前马里指责阿尔及利亚在边境附近击落其一架无人机。
Niger, like other countries in West Africa's Sahel region, is battling insurgents linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State Algeria, which shares a border with Niger, has traditionally regarded stability in the Sahel-Sahara as an important regional security priority Energy is an important focus for Algeria in Niger, where Algerian state-run oil and gas firm Sonatrach has investments One major project, the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline with Niger and Nigeria, aims to deliver African gas to Europe and other international markets Reuters spoke to 10 people who said the first Algerian military convoy had reached Arlit, a uranium mining town in the country's northwest Algeria has said the decision to deploy troops was taken to protect the country's energy and economic interests, without disclosing the size of the force or the timetable for their arrival Military officers have ruled Niger, which has uranium, oil and gold resources, since the July 2023 coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, which Algeria initially opposed The deployment is a sign that relations between Algiers and Niamey have improved since last year, when Niger recalled its ambassador from Algeria, after Mali accused Algeria of shooting down one of its drones near the border