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Niger's military rulers have rejected the latest diplomatic attempt to return to power the country's ousted president.
尼日尔军事统治者拒绝了让被罢黜的总统重新掌权的最新外交提议。
The coup leaders refused to meet with a delegation of West African, African Union and United Nations representatives.
政变领导人拒绝会见由西非、非洲联盟和联合国代表组成的代表团。
In a letter Tuesday, the new rulers said a "climate of threatened aggression" made it impossible to hold talks on ending the constitutional crisis in Niger.
新统治者星期二在一封信中说，“威胁侵略的气氛”使举行结束尼日尔宪法危机的谈判成为不可能。
The crisis began on July 26, when members of the presidential guard seized control of the government.
这场危机始于7月26日，当时总统卫队成员夺取了政府的控制权。
They detained and continue to hold the democratically-elected leader of Niger, President Mohamed Bazoum and his family.
他们拘留并继续关押尼日尔民选领导人穆罕默德·巴祖姆总统及其家人。
The West African political and economic organization, ECOWAS, threatened military intervention in Niger unless Bazoum was returned to power by August 6.
西非政治和经济组织西非国家经济共同体威胁说，除非巴祖姆在8月6日之前重新掌权，否则其将对尼日尔进行军事干预。
ECOWAS stands for Economic Community of West African States.
ECOWAS是Economic Community of West African States（西非国家经济共同体）的缩写。
Earlier, a top U.S diplomatic official visited Niger to urge the military rulers to restore the democratically elected Bazoum to power.
早些时候，美国一名高级外交官员访问尼日尔，敦促军事统治者恢复民选领导人巴祖姆的权力。
U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said she traveled to the capital Niamey "to express grave concern at the undemocratic attempts to seize power and urged a return to constitutional order."
美国负责政治事务的副国务卿维多利亚·纽兰说，她前往尼日尔首都尼亚美“对夺取政权的不民主企图表示严重关切，并敦促恢复宪法秩序。”
She made the comment on the social media site X, formerly Twitter.
她在社交媒体网站X（前身为推特）上发表了上述评论。
Nuland told reporters in a conference call Monday that she met with Niger's self-appointed ruler Brigadier General Moussa Salaou Barmou and three other military officials during her visit.
纽兰星期一在电话会议中对记者说，她在访问期间会见了尼日尔自封的统治者穆萨·萨拉乌·巴尔穆准将和其他三名军事官员。
She described the talks as "extremely frank and at times, quite difficult."
她形容谈判“非常坦率，有时也相当困难”。
She said the military officials are "quite firm" on how they plan to move forward and those plans do not "comport with the constitution of Niger."
她说，军方官员对如何向前推进的计划“相当坚定”，这些计划“不符合尼日尔宪法”。
She said the officials refused her request to meet directly with ousted President Bazoum and his family, as well as coup leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani.
她说，官员们拒绝了她提出的直接会见被罢黜的总统巴祖姆及其家人以及政变领导人阿卜杜拉赫曼·奇亚尼将军的请求。
ECOWAS leaders are preparing for a meeting Thursday to discuss their situation with Niger's ruling military.
西非国家经济共同体领导人准备星期四举行会议，讨论他们与尼日尔执政军方的情况。
Niger is the world's seventh-biggest producer of uranium.
尼日尔是世界第七大铀生产国。
Uranium is the most widely used fuel for nuclear energy, adding to its importance.
铀是使用最广泛的核能燃料，这增加了它的重要性。
"There's no doubt that diplomacy is the best way to resolve this situation," American Secretary of State Antony Blinken told French radio station RFI.
美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯在接受法国国际广播电台采访时表示：“毫无疑问，外交是解决这一问题的最佳途径。”
He said the United States was backing ECOWAS efforts to bring order.
他说，美国支持西非国家经济共同体恢复秩序所付出的努力。
He declined to comment on the future of about 1,100 U.S. troops in Niger.
他拒绝就大约1,100名驻尼日尔美军的未来发表评论。
French, German and Italian troops are also present in the country.
法国、德国和意大利军队也驻扎在该国。
Blinken later told the BBC he was worried that Russia's Wagner mercenaries were using the instability in Niger to strengthen their presence in the Sahel.
布林肯后来告诉BBC，他担心俄罗斯的瓦格纳雇佣兵正在利用尼日尔的不稳定局势来加强他们在萨赫勒地区的存在。
ECOWAS has ordered sanctions on Niger and Western allies have suspended aid.
西非国家经济共同体已下令对尼日尔实施制裁，西方盟国已暂停援助。
Residents of Niamey who spoke to Reuters were strongly supportive of the overthrow.
接受路透社采访的尼亚美居民强烈支持推翻政府。
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