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Fadul apologises to France, Senegal

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    Guinea Bissau's transitional Prime Minister Francisco Fadul apologised on Monday to France and Senegal, whose embassies were destroyed or ransacked on Friday, AFP reported.

    Vieira had sought refuge in each of the two embassies before fleeing to the Portuguese mission where he was still holed up.

    However, Fadul, who presented his apology in a radio broadcast, blamed Vieira for precipitating the latest round of fighting. He accused Vieira of failing to cooperate with provisions in the Abuja peace accord of November 1999 that ended some eight months of fighting.

    The refusal by around 260 of Vieira's 300 palace guards to disarm, followed by their seizure of weapons stored in a container after an earlier disarmament, set off the fighting, according to reports.

    Fadul said the Junta's seizure of power could not be described as a coup.

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