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The President of Benin Republic has again appealed to Niger\u2019s military<\/a> rulers to collaborate and reopen their side of the border to allow oil exports via his country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Africa Today News, New York reports that Benin has eased trade restrictions on its side of the Niger border after sanctions were imposed on Niger following a coup in July last year.<\/p>\n

Benin President Patrice Talon has been complaining for weeks that Niger\u2019s leaders were not cooperating to restore ties and formally normalize trade.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nigerien authorities must officially say that oil is exempted from the closing of their land border\u201d, he said, adding that this would \u201callow a different statutory treatment for oil coming from Niger\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout this minimal step, all oil custom formalities are impossible between Benin and Niger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Landlocked Niger runs a pipeline from its oilfields to Benin\u2019s Seme port on the Atlantic coast to export its crude.<\/p>\n

The Benin president has been pushing for the military rulers to formally normalise trade, rather than allow informal border crossings.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you want to load your oil in our waters, you must consider that Benin is not an enemy country and that the territory of Benin cannot be the subject of illicit trafficking or informal exchange,\u201d he said in a statement in early May.<\/p>\n

Benin had already announced it would reopen its border, but Niger\u2019s military rulers have so far kept their side of the frontier closed.<\/p>\n

The closure of Benin\u2019s northern border with Niger hit Benin\u2019s government revenues and also impacted the cost of food goods.<\/p>\n

Talon last year had been among the most vocal regional leaders calling for relations to be swiftly re-established between his country and Niger following the coup in Niamey.<\/p>\n

Niger \u2013 one of the world\u2019s poorest countries \u2013 has been able to sell crude on the international market for the first time via Seme.<\/p>\n

Africa Today News, New York<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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