ECOWAS on Guinea talks

Following the signing of the Joint Declaration on 15 January 2010, a high level Delegation of the International Contact Group on Guinea comprising the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Bagudu Hirse, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the African Union Special Envoy for Guinea, Professor Ibrahima Fall and the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for West Africa, Said Djinnit, visited Ouagadougou from 16 to 17 January 2010.

The Delegation held consultations with His Excellency, the President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compoare, Mediator of the crisis in the Republic of Guinea, Captain Dadis Camara, President of CNDD and General Sekouba Konaté, Vice-President of CNDD on the implementation of the Joint Declaration.

The Delegation commended the efforts of the Mediator and expressed satisfaction with the spirit of compromise and sacrifice exhibited by all parties and their willingness to place the interest of the Nation above all other considerations and urged them to continue along that path. The Delegation expressed its wishes for speedy recovery of Captain Dadis  Camara.

The Delegation encouraged the interim Head of State, General Sekouba Konate and the Prime Minister to be appointed to ensure full implementation of the Accord in line with the expectations of the people of Guinea.

Pasco Gerald Temple, Information Attaché, Sierra Leone High Commission, Abuja, Nigeria

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