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Feb 09th

Choi calls for maintenance of electoral dynamics in Cote d'Ivoire

The special representative of the UN Secretary General in Cote d'Ivoire, Y.J. Choi, has called for the maintenance of the current electoral dynamics in the country.

A news release published in Abidjan by the UN mission said he was speaking at a meeting in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, with Burkinabe president, Blaise Compaore, the facilitator of the Inter-Ivorian dialogue.

Mr Choi said following the progress made so far peace was now within reach in Côte d'Ivoire adding that it was important to quickly find a compromise around the posting of the provisional voters' rolls.

He hailed the "decisive" contribution of President Compaore in the breakthroughs recorded in the Ivorian electoral process.

The meeting between Mr Choi and the Burkinabe president was also attended by the commander of the UN mission force in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI), General Fernand Marcel Amoussou, and the head of the Electoral Assistance Division, Ahmedou El Becaye Seck.

Abidjan - 22/10/2009

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