A third plane carrying civilians evacuated from Niger arrived at the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on Wednesday.. This puts at 736 people who have left that country on flights organized by France. Of that number, 498 are French and 238 of other nationalities, reported the French Foreign Ministry.

In addition, the French government is preparing a fourth plane whose takeoff to Niamey could take place this Wednesday. Of the approximately 1,200 French civilians residing in Niger before last week's military coup, some 600 had expressed their desire to leave the country.

French flights are also being used to evacuate citizens of other countries, essentially European, as well as other people with the right to enter French soil.

France maintains a contingent of 1,500 soldiers in Niger who have been cooperating with the troops of that country in the fight against jihadist terrorism, the same as in other countries of the Sahel. However, the French government assures that it does not plan to withdraw its troops from Nigerian soil.