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Guinea-Bissau: ECOWAS backs parliament speaker as interim president
Friday, May 11, 2012
The ECOWAS delegation did not mention the withdrawal of 600 Angolan troops, nor their replacement by a regional stabilization force previously decided upon by the 15-nation bloc.
However junta spokesman Daba Na Walna told AFP this plan was still in force.
“I have in my hands a letter from the Angolan government adressed to the ECOWAS president (Ivorian leader Alassane Ouattara) on the withdrawal of the Angolan contingent,” Na Walna said.
“Once the first ECOWAS contingent is in place, the Angolans will withdraw.”
Angola’s Minister of Economic Cooperation Manuel Vicente said Thursday in Luanda that the troops could stay in Guinea-Bissau at the request of the international community.
Copyright 2012 AFP
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