Former South African President Thabo Mbeki came on Sunday in Ivory Coast to try to break a political stalemate after two rivals pounce winner of the first presidential elections of the country in a decade the African nation into a fresh crisis.
Guard are Reuters UN police as a supporter of the opposition leader Alassane Ouattara protest outside the UN headquarters in Central Ivory Coast on Sunday.Mr Mbeki met with the two presidential candidates Sunday in Côte d'Ivoire: established Laurent Gbagbo and his challenger, Alassane Ouattara. There was no immediate details about the talks.
The borders of the land - the world's largest producer of cocoa - since Thursday were closed. You have been temporarily opened so that Mr. of Mbeki's land plane. Ivory Coast's military said it borders Monday is reopened.
Mr Mbeki was sent in an attempt to find a peaceful way out of the crisis and to help prepare the ground for a legitimate Government of the African Union.
Later, he told reporters only positive had discussions with Mr Ouattara and the African Union considered the situation seriously, Reuters reported. "We want to hear all views on this topic before we make any recommendations can", he was quoted as saying.
On Saturday, Mr. Gbagbo was sworn into Office during a ceremony boycott by the international community. Mr Ouattara was sworn in later on that day in a hotel of UN peacekeepers.
The dueling ceremony marked the latest twist in a lengthy and sometimes violent competition, a country that still not recovered from the end of the civil war earlier in the Decade to lead. Côte d'Ivoire remains strongly divided and parts of the country is heavily armed.
Late Sunday, the World Bank and the African Development Bank expressed "Concern and frustration" with the controversial election and said you their lending programs would reconsider the country, Reuters reported. The World Bank the cancellation of $3 billion of Côte d'Ivoire's external debt has bound to the elections, Reuters reported.
And on Monday, said Newcrest Mining Ltd. operations had exposed at his Bonikro mine "as a preventive measure" in the midst of the election tensions.
Ivory Coast's Government has a power-sharing agreement had since 2003, but the unit is weak no longer evident. Both candidates have in their heels, dug a stiff challenge for the intermediaries in the election dispute, Mr Mbeki posing.
"[Mr Mbeki] is that job try, convince, almost at the same time, jump has", said NIC Cheesman, lecturer at the University of Oxford in African politics. "Given of the history of broken promises and weak institutions [Côte d'Ivoire], that's going to be hard to get so that the thing."
Côte d'Ivoire has apparently two Presidents after two rival candidates for a new term in Abidjan are sworn. Video courtesy of Reuters.A central task for Mr Mbeki is the northern-based rebel movement, the result's holding new forces. Their leader Guillaume Soro, served as Prime Minister in a power-sharing Government with Mr. Gbagbo in March 2007, signed the civil war to stop a peace agreement.
Mr Soro is committed to support Mr Ouattara. The former economist named Prime Minister Saturday after Mr Soro declare the new President.
"At this point we not ready to take action," said Cissé Sindou, Chief of staff of the new Cabinet in a telephone interview. "We think the war is over and we should focus on a peace agreement." "Say that if someone attacks us, we will be forced to defend ourselves, but we hope that we never at this time to get."
Thursday, the country's independent Electoral Commission Mr Ouattara was 54% of Nov. 28 Votes. This judgment was officially approved by the UN peacekeeping mission has a mandate to the elections as certified part of a peace agreement.
The U.N has access to all 20,000 results leaves, and foreign Governments, including the USA and France, results have confirmed the Election Commission. The African Union has taken the rare step clearly for backup Mr Ouattara as the winner.
Despite the international support for his opponents claimed Mr. Gbagbo's camp victory, after the head of the country's Constitutional Council a approximately half a million votes from the northern part of the country in the first round threw Mr Ouattara won a large majority.
Election observers criticized move. The Atlanta-based Carter Center "no evidence of a systematic irregularities saw, that would have a significant impact on the results." Also found that the country's Constitutional Council "the electoral law maladministration by partial results to annul" according to the Carter Center.
Meanwhile the new forces, how many armed groups in the country be seen, stalemate as wild cards in the elections. Mr Sindou the new said his group would not consider a power-sharing agreement and calls Mr. Gbagbo step-down.
Analysts have warned of the danger of conflict when the dispute drags from.
"Seven years after the end of active hostilities, also it has an almost complete fail, the different fight to disarm groups", Human Rights Watch said New York-based in a statement Saturday. "Arms are easy to purchase and possession of you is widespread."
-John James in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, contributed to this article.
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