Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali: the ECOWAS delegation ends its visit to Bamako
46 Ivorian soldiers are currently in detention in Mali.
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End of the visit to Bamako of the ECOWAS delegation which came to plead for the release of the 46 Ivorian soldiers detained since July 10.
The Heads of State of The Gambia, Ghana, as well as the representative of the Togolese President did not make a statement.
But according to our information, even if there is nothing official for the time being, with the multiple interventions, the lines are moving.
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With our correspondent in the region,
Serge Daniel
In Bissau, with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, current president of ECOWAS, in Lomé, with President Faure Gnassingbé, a key figure in the file, or even in Abidjan, all our interlocutors are unanimous: the lines are moving.
The delegation dispatched to Bamako obtained results.
The case of the 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali has certainly been taken to court, but the Malian authorities are more and more in favor of an amicable settlement.
“
You want to know when we'll see the white smoke?
Be patient !
“Replies a source at the heart of the negotiations.
During the meeting with the president of the transition Assimi Goïta, some noted that things could “
go quickly
”.
“
As long as there is no frying on the line
”, adds the same source.
A close adviser to Colonel Assimi Goïta is also optimistic.
The President of the Transition, HE Colonel @GoitaAssimi, Head of State, welcomed, this Thursday, at Modibo KEÏTA international airport in Bamako-Senou, a high-level delegation from the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS).
pic.twitter.com/HGbIgUfmC6
— Presidency Mali (@PresidenceMali) September 29, 2022
The visit of the emissaries of the sub-regional institution was also very well attended by the very influential religious leader of the Malian locality of Nioro.
He also intervened with a view to the release of the 46 Ivorian soldiers, after having received the day before a delegation from Côte d'Ivoire including in particular a Malian businessman and a very popular adviser to the Ivorian president.
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