Oligui Nguema meets Sassou Nguesso in Oyo
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Gabonclic
Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema travelled to Oyo, in the Republic of the Congo, to meet Denis Sassou Nguesso, amid the sinking of the Prospector 5 off Mayumba. The visit also included a tribute at the grave of Édith Lucie Bongo, Gabonclic reports.
Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema met his Congolese counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso in Oyo, Republic of the Congo, on 31 October, Gabonclic reports. The two leaders discussed, among other things, cooperation launched after the sinking of the Borr Prospector 5 drilling platform off Mayumba, Gabon.
Congolese Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso welcomed Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema on his arrival. Brazzaville had sent a patrol boat and a naval helicopter to support Gabonese search-and-rescue operations, according to Gabonclic.
The visit continued on 1 November with the two presidents paying their respects at Edou cemetery, in front of the grave of Édith Lucie Bongo Ondimba, Gabon’s former first lady and Denis Sassou Nguesso’s daughter, who died in 2009. The visit followed Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema’s meetings with survivors of the Mayumba sinking and the operator BW Energy.
