Egypt opposes coupes D’Etate in Africa

The Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister for the international and multilateral relations Ambassador Sayed Qassem stated that Egypt will not support any coupe d’etate in Africa out of its belief that such coupes d’etate replaces the elected democratic government with a military ones.

Qassem added that the Egyptian decision is in line with the African stance which was declared by the African Group that they will not support any coupe d’etate in Africa.

The Egyptian Ambassador clarified that this decision applies to the recent developments in Brazzaville, as Egypt will freeze its relations with the regime that usurped power.

Regarding SieraLeone, Qassem stated that Egypt supports the efforts of the ECOS Group whose peace forces are there to help reaching a peaceful solution.