Published on : 09/23/2022 – 11:22 pm
–
Guinea sanctioned, but gradually, and a delegation of heads of state from the subregion sent to Mali. The extraordinary ECOWAS Summit held Thursday evening in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, led to firm decisions, but left some room for maneuver. Because if the three-hour discussion between the Heads of State was “ Franco “, According to the President of the ECOWAS Commission, it was also an opportunity to find a compromise between different points of view.
With our special correspondent in New York, Leonardo Vincenzo
Very angry, the president of Bissau-Guinea Umaro Sissoco Embalo wanted sanctions against the Guinean junta. Of “ sanctions of lourdes “, he also warned. In the meantime, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara wanted action against Mali, feeling betrayed after having ardently requested, in July, with his counterparts, the lifting of the sanctions that then hit Bamako. Both had weight supports.
But a senior ECOWAS diplomat explains that, in the case of Guinea, it took ” build consensus “Senegal, in particular, has expressed its reluctance to hit Conakry too hard, said a summit participant. Despite the” graduated penalties “, The post was therefore left free for a margin of maneuver, also on the duration of the passage, not including the 24 months requested by the President Embalo in the final communiqué.
As for Mali, there too remained a margin of maneuver, in particular for the mediation of Togo, which according to a good source has the favor of all parties. Although within the Ivorian delegation, it is indicated that bilateral measures could be taken in the future, in particular on the supply of electricity, if Mali persists in the keep his soldiers in prison.
► Read also: ECOWAS announces “progressive sanctions” against the junta in Guinea
–
