The move follows comments last week by the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara in which he said he was prepared to provide troops for any military intervention in Niger.
Niger junta has recalled the country's ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire.
The move follows comments last week by the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara in which he said he was prepared to provide troops for any military intervention in Niger.
The spokesman for the junta, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, who stated this on Tuesday, said that the ambassador had since returned to Niamey for consultations.
In an address on national TV, Abdramane said Ouattara’s wish was to see an illegal and senseless aggression against Niger enforced RFI reports.
Outtara's remarks came after he returned to Cote d'Ivoire from a summit in Nigeria where leaders of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided to activate the bloc’s standby force for a possible military response to the coup.
“The heads of state agreed to deploy troops from a number of countries, including Cote d'Ivoire," said Outtara.
"Cote d'Ivoire will provide a battalion and has made all financial arrangements for the operation if it is to last three months,” he added.
“Provisions will be made at the budgetary level so that our soldiers and officers who will participate in this operation do not lack anything. So Cote d'Ivoire is ready.”
It is understood that Cote d'Ivoire would provide a battalion of between 850 and 1,100 troops.
On Sunday, General Abdourahamane Tiani's junta said it intended to prosecute the deposed president Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and undermining state security. If convicted, Bazoum could face the death penalty, according to Niger’s penal code.