Ivorian leaders meet in Burkina Faso to evaluate the peace process

The main stakeholders in the Ivorian crisis will meet on Thursday in the Burkinabe capital “to assess the peace process since the government set the presidential proposed an election date to the independent electoral commission (CEI)”.

The peace process mediator, President Blaise Compaore will preside over the gathering as the protagonists of the Ivorian crisis recognise the slow implementation of the essential points of the March 2007 Ouagadougou political agreement.

The participants will discuss at length on financial constraints, according to a UN source close to the talks.

Ambassador Alcide Djedje will lead the presidential side while Alain Lobognon will head the delegation of the former rebels, known as the New Forces.

The November presidential election is expected to end the political and military crisis which broke out in September 2002 following a foiled coup by the New Forces against President Laurent Gbagbo.

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