The Quai d’Orsay reacted with an evening press release to the daytime military coup. The latter arrest the president and announced the dissolution of the constitution on national television.
France “condemns the attempt to take power by force” in Guinea and calls to “the immediate and unconditional release of President Alpha Condé”, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs published on Sunday, September 5 in the evening. Guinean special forces officials said earlier today that they had captured Head of State Alpha Condé and “to dissolve” institutions, but great confusion reigns in Conakry over who is in control.
the ministry of The defense, in turn, assured that it had repelled the attack by the special forces against the presidency, despite the release of a video that shows President Condé in the hands of the coup plotters. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, sentenced in Twitter this “blow” and asked to be released “immediate” by Alpha Condé.
I personally follow the situation in Guinea very closely. I strongly condemn any takeover of the government by force of arms and call for the immediate release of President Alpha Conde.
– António Guterres (@antonioguterres) September 5, 2021