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JEDDAH, April 15 (KUNA) -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
openly denounced here Sunday the recent military coup in Guinea Bissau, which
is an OIC member state.
OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu billed, in a release, the coup
in Guinea Bissau as a "heinous and unacceptable act", saying it would only
block efforts to ensure security and stability and even undermine the
democratic process which have begun in the country over the last few months.
Ihsanoglu expressed deep sorrow that the coup came just a few weeks ahead
of the country's presidential election runoff.
He urged those members of the military forces, who carried out the coup
d'{tat, not to use violence and to release all officials arrested as a prelude
to re-launching the constitutional system in Guinea Bissau. (end)
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