Another military coup is increasing instability across Africa, the EU’s diplomacy chief said.
The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell said that Brussels has not yet received confirmed reports of a military coup in Gabon. Reuters writes about it.
According to him, if this information is confirmed, the situation in Gabon will be discussed at the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Toledo on August 31.
“If everything is confirmed, it will be another military coup, increasing instability in the entire region,” the politician said.
Borrell emphasized that the situation in the entire Sahel region is now difficult. “First the Central African Republic, then Mali, then Burkina Faso, now Niger, maybe Gabon,” he said.
“Today the defense ministers of the EU countries, and tomorrow the foreign ministers should exchange views on what is happening there (in Africa – ed.) and how we can improve our policy towards the region. This is a big problem for Europe,” said the head. diplomacy of the EU.
It will be remembered that in Gabon on the west coast of Central Africa, the military announced the seizure of power. High officials did not recognize the results of the presidential election and dissolved the institutions of power.
At the end of July, a group of soldiers from the Niger Presidential Guard rebelled and announced the removal of the President. An army general was declared the new leader of the country.
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