France has suspended all development aid and budgetary support to Niger following a military coup against President Mohamed Bazoum, the French foreign ministry said on Saturday. 

Paris "calls for an immediate return to constitutional order in Niger," along with the reinstatement of democratically-elected Bazoum, the ministry said in a statement. 

The French Development Agency in 2021 committed 97 million euros to the country, one of the poorest in the world, according to figures on agency website. 

French President Emmanuel Macron, while visiting Papua New Guinea on Friday, strongly condemned the coup, calling it "dangerous" for the region and demanding the release of Bazoum, who has been confined to his official residence since Wednesday. 

Niger is one of the last allies France has in the Sahel, a region plagued by instability, insecurity and jihadist attacks.