Lomé Summit: Faure Gnassingbé thanks his peers and pleads for the strengthening of peace and democracy in the ECOWAS region

The extraordinary session of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), devoted to the crisis in Guinea Bissau, ended on Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Lome.

Several recommendations were made to the politicians of Guinea-Bissau, but also to Togolese political leaders.

"The follow-up committee set up by ECOWAS will accompany step by step the process of standardization in Guinea Bissau, said Robert Dussey, the Togolese Minister of Foreign Affairs.

A commitment that has materialized in the appointment on Monday, April 16, 2018, of a new Prime Minister and the resumption of the normal functioning of the Guinea-Bissau institutions in the image of the parliament which resumes its sessions.

The situation in Togo has also been studied. The Heads of State and Government solemnly called on "all political parties and civil society to refrain from any acts of violence and all acts that may constitute a threat to the peace and stability of Togo and the rest of the world. region "and asked the presidents of Ghana and Guinea (Conakry) to continue their mediation mission in Togo.

They must help the Togolese to go towards the realization of the constitutional reforms, in the "respect of the legal deadlines, the norms and principles of the democracy and the rule of law", indicates the final communiqué which sanctioned the works.

On behalf of the Togolese people, writes President Faure Gnassingbé on Monday, "I welcome the visit of all the Heads of State and delegations who took part in the ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit in Lomé and would like to express my heartfelt thanks to them. ". "May the conclusions of this summit contribute to preserving and strengthening peace and democracy in our subregion," he said on his Twitter account.

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