The mediator sent to Burkina Faso by West Africa's main political and economic bloc ECOWAS, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Tuesday said he was satisfied by a meeting with the country's new military leader Ibrahim Traore.
Issoufou added that the 15-member bloc would continue accompanying Burkina Faso's transition to constitutional rule after the country was hit by itsECOWAS had repeatedly urged the junta that took control on Friday to respect a timetable agreed with their predecessors to return to constitutional rule by July 2024."We had very profound exchanges. Very frank exchanges," Issoufou told reporters after meeting religious leaders and Traore in the capital Ouagadougou.
Burkina Faso's government released a statement saying the meeting took place but provided no further comments. Dozens of demonstrators blocked access to the conference centre on Tuesday morning to prevent the meeting from taking place, a Reuters reporter said.over the weekend that flared after Traore said Damiba had taken refuge in a French military base, which France denied.
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