AES and ECOWAS launch formal negotiations in Dakar
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
The AES, an alliance of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, and ECOWAS have launched their first formal negotiations in Dakar, co-chaired by Burkina Faso’s Foreign Affairs Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré and a Senegalese representative of the ECOWAS presidency. The talks cover the movement of people and goods, infrastructure, development, peace and security, according to Malijet.
The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), bringing together Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have opened their first formal negotiations in Dakar, Senegal, to bring their positions closer and preserve ties between West African peoples, according to Senego.
Burkina Faso’s Foreign Affairs Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré co-chaired the opening ceremony with his Senegalese counterpart, representing the current ECOWAS presidency. The foreign affairs ministers of the three AES countries reviewed the preparatory work on 16 October in Ouagadougou, according to Senego.
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