>> Ivory Coast: with his new party, Laurent Gbagbo wants to "unite the African States"

Laurent Gbagbo hopes to meet President Ouattara again and obtain the release of all the prisoners of the 2010 crisis. And confirms having pleaded with the president in favor of Guillaume Soro's return to the country.

He also believes that Alassane Ouattara violated the Constitution by running for a third term, and now calls on him to lay the foundations for true reconciliation.

Referring to Emmanuel Macron, Laurent Gbagbo said he was surprised by his presence at the funeral of former Chadian President Idriss Deby.

In addition, he considers "oversized" the reaction of Paris to the Russian military presence in the French precinct on the continent.

For him, the time for foreign military bases in Africa is over. 

Finally, the former Ivorian president reconsiders his arrest in 2011, and accuses Nicolas Sarkozy of having bombed his residence and of having sent him to the ICC.

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