France–Niger relations
{'<entity_0>': 'France–Niger relations', '<entity_1>': 'France', '<entity_2>': 'Niger'}
[['France–Niger relations', 'country', 'France'], ['France–Niger relations', 'country', 'Niger']]
<entity_0> refer to foreign relations between <entity_1> and the <entity_2>. <entity_2> obtained independence from <entity_1> in 1960, and a history of French influenced culture and French language have been a point of commonality in the creation of a distinctive Nigerien culture from the diverse pre-colonial nationalities which make up modern <entity_2>. <entity_1> benefited economically from their time as a colonial power, and still relies on imports from <entity_2> for elements of their economy. <entity_2> has maintained close ties with <entity_1>, its former colonial power throughout the history of the Nigerien Republic. Following <entity_2>'s independence in 1960, <entity_1> maintained several hundred advisers at all levels of <entity_2>'s government and military. <entity_1>-Nigerien relations continue to be close, with <entity_1> as <entity_2>'s top export partner (in value), and the French government being almost entirely dependent upon <entity_2> for the Uranium which fuels its extensive Nuclear Power system, mined in the northern town of Arlit. <entity_2> criticized <entity_1> for the agreement saying that it should get a larger share of profits from uranium ore mining. <entity_2> in turn maintains one of its only 24 foreign embassies in Paris along with three Honorary consular offices (in Bordeaux, Lyon, and Marseille) serving a large expatriate and naturalised <entity_2> born population which lives in <entity_1>.
['bilateral relation']