Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has agreed to mediate in Mali's political crisis as the military junta faces pressure to restore civilian rule.
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Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop and his Togolese counterpart announced Wednesday evening May 4 to the press, from Lomé, that Faure Gnassingbe had accepted this task.
"
We have, on behalf of the president of the transition, asked President Faure Gnassingbé (...) to facilitate dialogue with regional actors and more broadly dialogue with the entire international community to find a compromise that can allow us out of the crisis
," said Abdoulay Diop, visiting Lomé.
According to him, the situation in which Mali finds itself, "
requires that we demonstrate political genius
".
24 months to restore constitutional order
The Togolese Minister of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that this proposal has been accepted.
Abdoulay Diop said that due to the security situation and the need for reforms, Mali needed 24 months to restore constitutional order.
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The impoverished country of 21 million people has been in serious turmoil since a military coup in August 2020. The junta that came to power promised to restore civilian rule after the putsch but is under sanctions of ECOWAS, West Africa's regional body, for ignoring an earlier commitment to hold elections in February this year.
Relations between France and the military have deteriorated due to their differences over the presence of French troops in Mali to fight jihadist groups.
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