The Chairman of ECOWAS, President John Agyekum Kufuor left Accra on Monday for Yamoussoukro, Cote D’Ivoire for the inauguration of the new Ivorian Prime Minister, Seidu Diara. Leaders of the ECOWAS contact group are expected to join President Kufuor for the ceremony.
Foreign Minister, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman; Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas and officials from the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs accompanied him. The contact group would hold consultations with President Laurent Gbagbo and leaders of the rebel factions.
French forces in that country have reportedly taken the necessary steps to ensure the safety and security of the rebel delegation that would be in the Ivorian capital.
Source: GhanaWeb
