The international diplomatic corps is frustrated by Blaise Compaoré’s attitude in relation to the Guinean political mediation following the junta’s decision to run in the next presidential elections; a decision that led to the riots that saw the junta killing hundreds of people, RFI has noted. Saïd Djinit, UN West Africa bureau chief, has called the Burkina-Faso President not to swerve from the laid down terms for the negotiations. Compaoré has been accused of inviting the junta to take part in the pending elections; a proposal that has been categorically rejected by the coalition of Guinean political parties. The Burkinabe President’s proposal defies the position of the ECOWAS, the regional organisation that hand-picked him as mediator.
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