people of guinea, who in their vast majority are prepared to be governed democratically can actually have their rights and liberties respected. >> when we look at the national implications of this, the west has been critical of this government even before the coup. we know that the president, president conde, had reached out towards russia and china. what do we know, then, about the alliances being built by the self-declared new coup leader? >> i would say most of those alliances were alliances of convenience. i know many western governments probably wouldn't say this for publicly. for many of them, it would be good riddance because they were extremely critical of the constitutional process that allowed president conde to get another five-year term. and also many of them were beginning to question his democratic credentials. at the same time, russia and china, that were very friendly to the government, have taken a stance of not intervening in the