The trip is partly an attempt to drum up business and foster links with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, but the key to understanding the presidential visit dates back to last July
A military coup in the West African country of Niger raised the prospect that supplies to France's vital nuclear industry might be in jeopardy
In reality, the fears were overblown Last year, Niger was only the second supplier of uranium to France The first was the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan
President Macron spent Wednesday in Kazakhstan, the world's largest producer of uranium
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