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In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.

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Omar Bongo
Age: 73 †
Born: 1935
Born: December 30
Died: 2009
Died: June 8
Gabonese Politician
Politician
Soldier
El Hadj Omar Bongo
El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba
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In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.
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My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.
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It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.
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I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
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But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
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But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
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The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.
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The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
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Therefore, every country has to understand that fighting against international terrorism is not for the sake of the United States, but for the sake of themselves, and, to a larger extent, in the name of stability of international relations.
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Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.
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But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability.
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