Paris (INA) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said today, Friday, that the stage in which his country was meddling in the affairs of African countries is over. Ayrault's statement came as Gabon, a former French colony, was counting its losses in the violence that followed a disputed election. According to the Emirati website 24, the French Foreign Ministry, the United States and the European Union on Wednesday urged the authorities in Gabon to announce the results of the vote in each polling station to provide greater transparency. Yesterday, the spokesman for President Ali Bongo, who announced that he won a new term, rejected this request. Aero said, in an interview with France 2 TV station, today, Friday: We are Africa's partners, but we do not interfere in the internal affairs of any country in any way. This would humiliate Africans, and they did not ask for it. He added that France had acted in the past only at the request of African countries. (End) p.m. / p.c
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