AES prepares position ahead of negotiations with ECOWAS
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Beninwebtv
Experts from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have agreed a common position on the movement of people, trade and institutional relations ahead of discussions with ECOWAS. Their recommendations are to be considered by the AES foreign ministers, according to Sidwaya and Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Experts from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger adopted a common position on 14 October 2026 in Ouagadougou ahead of the forthcoming negotiations between the Confederation of Sahel States (AES), an alliance of the three countries, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The meeting notably focused on the movement of people and goods, trade and institutional relations, reports Beninwebtv.
The experts’ recommendations are to be submitted to the ministers of the three countries before the discussions scheduled to take place in Dakar. The secretary-general of Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hermann Yirigouin Toé, called on participants to identify the common interests to be defended.
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