The British Foreign Office condemned the military coup attempt in Gabon. writes about it TASS.
“The United Kingdom categorically condemns the unlawful takeover of military power in Gabon and calls for the restoration of constitutional government,” the British government said in a statement. said.
At the same time, London acknowledges the concerns expressed about the recent elections in Gabon.
The army that seized power in Gabon, appointed Bris Oligi Nguemu, Commander of the Gabonese Republican Guard, is a transitional head of state.
The announcement was read on national Gabonese television by one of the military rebels.
In October 2019, Colonel Bris Oligui Nguema took the rank of head of the Republican Guard intelligence agency and became the commander-in-chief of the Republican Guard in April 2020.
On the morning of August 30, a group of senior military officers in Gabon made a statement on the country’s main television channel regarding the annulment of the presidential election results and the dissolution of the institutions of power. The officers declared that they had taken power into their own hands and represented the country’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces. Against this background, there were reports of a gunfight in the capital, Libreville.
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