Alassane Ouattara, the winner of the elections on November 28 and recognized by the international community as president of Ivory Coast, has downplayed the possibility that there is a civil war in the country, amid the clash for power with the outgoing president, Laurent Gbagbo. "Military intervention should not necessarily trigger a civil war," said Ouattara to the French channel France 24, in the first interview he offers from his confinement in a hotel in Abidjan.Ouattara, who has refused to negotiate with Gbagbo does not rule out a peaceful solution to the political crisis remains in suspense to the country. The situation improves in Ivory Coast but to pass very slowly. It is time conditions. Gbagbo has today opened a door to negotiation stating that he would lift the blockade on his opponent, but his foreign minister, Alcide Djedje has specified that the embargo will fall only if the former rebels who are in the building are removed.
According to the international community, Ouattara won the elections last November 28, but Gbagbo has ruled the country for ten years, annulled the results of northern and remained in power. At the Golf Hotel, where he remains hidden Ouattara, only accessible by helicopter. The access roads are blocked with barbed wire and tire are checkpoints that check access.
While in New York, United Nations has announced it will soon ask the Security Council to authorize the sending of between 1,000 and 2,000 additional peacekeepers to the country.
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