Canada Welcomes Agreement on Côte d'Ivoire Peace Process

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March 5, 2007 (4:50 p.m. EST)
No. 34
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency, welcomed the agreement reached on March 4, 2007,
between the President of Côte d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, and the Secretary General of
the Forces Nouvelles, Guillaume Soro.
“This agreement is an important step toward national reconciliation in Côte d’Ivoire and
the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1721. Canada
welcomes the determination of the Ivorian parties and encourages them to maintain
their commitment to a lasting peace in their country.”
Côte d’Ivoire is one of the economic engines of the West African sub-region and the
largest producer of cacao in the world. The country has been divided into a
government-controlled south and a rebel-controlled north since an aborted coup d’état
in September 2002.
For more information on Côte d’Ivoire, please visit
http://www.international.gc.ca/africa/cote_ivoire-en.asp.
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