DECLARATION BY PRESIDENCY ON BEHALF OF EUROPEAN UNION ON MAURITANIA
August 18, 2008
August 18, 2008
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 18 -- The European Union issued the following common foreign and security policy statement:
The European Union renews in the strongest terms its condemnation of the coup which took place in Mauritania on 6 August 2008. It considers the emergency measures taken by the military leaders who seized power, measures confirmed by the Order of 11 August 2008, in particular that relieving the President of the Republic of his duties, to be completely unlawful.
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The European Union renews in the strongest terms its condemnation of the coup which took place in Mauritania on 6 August 2008. It considers the emergency measures taken by the military leaders who seized power, measures confirmed by the Order of 11 August 2008, in particular that relieving the President of the Republic of his duties, to be completely unlawful.
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