Published on 09.02.2023 at 11:18 by APA
These three countries are led by soldiers, who came to power after coups d’etat. The Malian Foreign Ministers Abdoulaye Diop and Guinean Morissanda Kouyaté are participating in a mini-summit, this Thursday, January 09, 2023, in Ouagadougou, with the head of Burkinabè diplomacy, Olivia Rouamba, learned APA.
The three countries in transition in West Africa are organizing this tripartite meeting “as part of political consultations on subjects of common interest”, reports a diplomatic source to APA.
“The objective is to unite ideas, energies and means to be better heard by sub-regional, regional and international organizations. It is a question of speaking with the same voice, sharing experiences and discussing each one as far as their transition is concerned, ”explains the Malian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a press release read on national television.
“Coalition” against ECOWAS
For some observers, it is a “coalition” to face the injunctions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) which these countries accuse of being in the “pay of France “.
Burkina, Mali and Guinea are ruled by soldiers who came to power after coups and were condemned by the sub-regional body. ECOWAS had imposed sanctions against the three countries before lifting them, after obtaining a “clear commitment” from the authorities of Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali on the duration of the transition and the organization of credible elections. and transparent.
