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France condemned this Wednesday the military coup in Gabon against the regime of ali bongo and said that the electoral result of the presidential elections must be respected, “when it is known”, in an ambiguous reaction to the announcements that had been made of those results.
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“France wants to respect, when it is known, the result of the choice”pointed out with a formula open to interpretation the spokesman for the French government, Olivier Veranat the press conference after the weekly Council of Ministers.
see stressed, above all, that “France condemns the ongoing military coup in Gabon”a former French colony in which Paris has deployed several hundred soldiers and important economic interests, especially in oil and mining.
Several hours earlier, the French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Bornehad advanced that his Government was following “with the greatest attention” what was happening in that country.
This morning a group of soldiers announced that the Army had seized power, after the electoral commission had declared the triumph of ali bongo in the elections last Saturday, which had been involved by numerous fraud complaints.
the embassy of France in Gabon has asked the French to stay at home and have “the greatest vigilance”.
French mining group Erametwhich employs 8,000 people in Gabon in the exploitation and transformation of manganese and in the management of the only railway line, has temporarily suspended its activities pending clarification and to ensure the safety of your workforce in the first place and its facilities.
French oil giant TotalEnergies indicated, for his part, that his priority in the current circumstances is “Guarantee the safety of its employees and its operations.”
TotalEnergies operates several hydrocarbon deposits in Gabonwhere it has been present for more than 90 years, has a staff of more than 340 employees and it is also the first distributor of petroleum products with more than forty gas stations.
ali bongo He has been in charge of the country since 2009, when he succeeded his father, Omar Bongowho had been in power since 1967 and now deceased.
France has maintained a military presence in Gabon since independence in 1960.
The Ministry of Defense explains on its website that since 2014 its main missions are cooperation and training of the armies of the countries of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
Source: Elcomercio
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