Malabo (INA) - Equatorial Guinea confirmed on Tuesday for the first time that it had received former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh after his departure on Saturday evening from Banjul under international pressure. And the French Press Agency quoted government spokesman Eugenio Nzi Obiang to reporters: The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, informed the Council of Ministers of the state's decision to receive former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh as a political refugee. He added: President Obiang persuaded his former counterpart to avoid any armed confrontation. He explained that Jammeh agreed to come to Equatorial Guinea, a country that provides him with all security guarantees and a quiet residence. After a six-week political crisis in The Gambia, triggered by Jammeh's retraction of his acknowledgment that his rival had won the December 22 presidential election, the situation is beginning to unravel. Under intense diplomatic pressure exerted, especially by the West African Group, the Gambian president agreed to leave the country after XNUMX years in power, and went from Banjul to Conakry on Saturday evening and from there to Equatorial Guinea. (End) h u / h r
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