LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s government on Friday condemned the expulsion of reporting teams of state news agency Lusa and two African units of broadcaster RTP from Guinea-Bissau in the run-up to a postponed election scheduled to be held in November in the West African country.

The Foreign Ministry said in a statement it had “immediately summoned the ambassador of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau in Lisbon for explanations and clarifications” for a meeting that will take place on Saturday.

“The Portuguese government strongly condemns the decision of the government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau to order the removal of Lusa, RTP Africa, and RDP Africa from that country and their respective termination of broadcasts,” it said, calling the move “highly reprehensible and unjustifiable”.

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