Mali: Goita held meeting with ECOWAS envoy, discussed transitional plans

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BAMAKO, 9 June, 2021 (TON): On Tuesday, the ECOWAS envoy of Mali, former Nigerian President Good luck Jonathan held a meeting with the new transitional President Colonel Assimi Goita in Bamako.

The meeting aimed to save the country's fragile transition.

Jean- Claude Brou Kassi, the ECOWAS delegation leader said, "As I said, and it was reiterated by the mediators, that the commitment of ECOWAS has accompanied the transition process so that elections are held according to the schedule that has already been established by the Malian authorities. Therefore our role will be to support this process."

The trip was Jonathan's second in two weeks.

However, Goita has vowed to stick to the old transition schedule, which prescribes elections next February.

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