© REUTERS/Vladislav Culiomza/File PhotoHigh Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell delivers a speech during a ceremony opening EU's Partnership Mission in Chisinau, Moldova, May 31, 2023.
A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television in the early hours of Wednesday and said they had taken power, after the state election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term.
"If this is confirmed, it is another military coup which increases instability in the whole region," said Borrell, speaking at a meeting of EU defence ministers in Toledo.
Comment: Indeed it might increase instability for the people of Gabon, a bit, but he's probably referring to their the stability of their control in the region.
"The whole area, starting with Central African Republic, then Mali, then Burkina Faso, now Niger, maybe Gabon, it's in a very difficult situation and certainly the ministers ... have to have a deep thought on what is going on there and how we can improve our policy in respect with these countries," he said.
"This is a big issue for Europe," he added.
The signs of a coup in Gabon come just weeks after members of the presidential guard in Niger seized power and established a junta.
Borrell was on about " Europe is a garden. Most of the rest of the world is a jungle. The jungle could invade the garden. " I wonder how that is working out for him now that the 'jungle' has awoken?