Having stood up to the camp of Alassane Ouattara, recognized as the winner of presidential elections by the international community, then to the aerial assault of the UN and France, Laurent Gbagbo was backs to the wall yet, Tuesday, April 5. All stakeholders, including the Quai d'Orsay, hoped earlier in the day a very fast start of Laurent Gbagbo.
He was announced by the agency before being denied by the Elysée and the UN. Laurent Gbagbo wants? The day of Tuesday, April 5th will be remembered as one who prepared the departure of Laurent Gbagbo, after four months of tension and fighting. A day twists, punctuated by the contradictory statements of each other.
Entrenched in his personal residence with a semi-final of the faithful, the outgoing president was determined to negotiate his departure, according to his spokesman. "Direct negotiations are ongoing, based on recommendations of the African Union, which stipulate that Alassane Ouattara is president," said Ahoua Don Mello, adding that France acted as intermediary with the camp of Alassane Ouattara.
Other advisers have hammered throughout the day that he had "no intention to give up, resign, to abdicate." The "negotiations," the term used by French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, included the legal rights and safety of Laurent Gbagbo and his family. In Paris, the government estimated in mid-afternoon that his surrender could take place shortly.
The agency, citing an internal document to the UN, said shortly before 20 am on the departure of Laurent Gbagbo. An announcement denied by the Elysée and the UN said that Mr Gbagbo had "expressed a desire" to leave, but has not yet done. It would have specifically asked the UN protection.
Finally, Laurent Gbagbo himself in a river-maintenance and somewhat confused on LCI, who says he does not negotiate its withdrawal and it will not recognize the victory of Alassane Ouattara. "Why do you want me to sign it?" He said, while France and the UN request, according to Paris to sign a document in which he relinquished power in Cote d'Ivoire and recognize its rival as president.
The intervention of UNOCI and France decisively on the ground Monday night, helicopters from the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and the French Licorne force opened fire on positions Forces Defence and Security (FDS) loyal to Laurent Gbagbo. Meanwhile, Republican Forces of Côte d'Ivoire, allied to the rival Laurent Gbagbo, engaged their "final assault" on Abidjan, throwing several hundred men, heavily armed, massed for five days in the northern outskirts of the city.
Tuesday morning, heavy fire from machineguns and heavy weapons have still heard in the area of the Plateau, where the presidency, in the heart of the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, and Adjame, the vast northern suburb that is a stronghold of Alassane Ouattara, the UN declared the winner of the presidential election of 28 November.
Subsequently, the fighting subsided. According to UNOCI, General Philippe Mangou, Chief of Staff of the FDS Laurent Gbagbo, and two other generals ordered their men to surrender their weapons to peacekeepers and place themselves under their protection. The UN platform for diplomatic intervention, France, with about 12 000 citizens live in Ivory Coast, said he authorized the Unicorn units to intervene alongside UNOCI to neutralize the heavy weapons Army Gbagbo used against civilians.
This intervention emphasizes the Elysee, responds to a request from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who has sought the help of France in a letter to Nicolas Sarkozy under resolution 1975 Security Council which "authorizes all necessary (...) to prevent the use of heavy weapons against the civilian population." In the late afternoon, Barack Obama called Laurent Gbagbo to resign immediately.
The President of the United States has also supported the initiatives of UNOCI and French forces to protect civilians. Russia has questioned it on the merits of military intervention by the UN in Abidjan and has requested an urgent meeting of the Security Council on this matter. Paris does not "burn" in Cote d'Ivoire Prime Minister Francois Fillon, said it had participated in the morning in a telephone conference with Nicolas Sarkozy and Alassane Ouattara.
The French head of state noted the occasion of "its desire to form a government of broad national union in Côte d'Ivoire to ensure the reconciliation of all Ivorians." Alain Juppe said there was no question for France to "burn" militarily in Côte d'Ivoire after the fall of Laurent Gbagbo, calling for an amendment to the mandate of peacekeepers and their redeployment to the West.
"The sooner we intervene in support of UNOCI will be finished and the better," he said. "The most difficult is to achieve peace," added Alain Juppe. "France must not perpetuate its military presence in Côte d'Ivoire Alain Juppe insisted, but" must, however, remain present an ambitious economic plan to support that will enable Côte d'Ivoire to find the development was hers.
" Le Monde. en with and 
He was announced by the agency before being denied by the Elysée and the UN. Laurent Gbagbo wants? The day of Tuesday, April 5th will be remembered as one who prepared the departure of Laurent Gbagbo, after four months of tension and fighting. A day twists, punctuated by the contradictory statements of each other.
Entrenched in his personal residence with a semi-final of the faithful, the outgoing president was determined to negotiate his departure, according to his spokesman. "Direct negotiations are ongoing, based on recommendations of the African Union, which stipulate that Alassane Ouattara is president," said Ahoua Don Mello, adding that France acted as intermediary with the camp of Alassane Ouattara.
Other advisers have hammered throughout the day that he had "no intention to give up, resign, to abdicate." The "negotiations," the term used by French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, included the legal rights and safety of Laurent Gbagbo and his family. In Paris, the government estimated in mid-afternoon that his surrender could take place shortly.
The agency, citing an internal document to the UN, said shortly before 20 am on the departure of Laurent Gbagbo. An announcement denied by the Elysée and the UN said that Mr Gbagbo had "expressed a desire" to leave, but has not yet done. It would have specifically asked the UN protection.
Finally, Laurent Gbagbo himself in a river-maintenance and somewhat confused on LCI, who says he does not negotiate its withdrawal and it will not recognize the victory of Alassane Ouattara. "Why do you want me to sign it?" He said, while France and the UN request, according to Paris to sign a document in which he relinquished power in Cote d'Ivoire and recognize its rival as president.
The intervention of UNOCI and France decisively on the ground Monday night, helicopters from the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and the French Licorne force opened fire on positions Forces Defence and Security (FDS) loyal to Laurent Gbagbo. Meanwhile, Republican Forces of Côte d'Ivoire, allied to the rival Laurent Gbagbo, engaged their "final assault" on Abidjan, throwing several hundred men, heavily armed, massed for five days in the northern outskirts of the city.
Tuesday morning, heavy fire from machineguns and heavy weapons have still heard in the area of the Plateau, where the presidency, in the heart of the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, and Adjame, the vast northern suburb that is a stronghold of Alassane Ouattara, the UN declared the winner of the presidential election of 28 November.
Subsequently, the fighting subsided. According to UNOCI, General Philippe Mangou, Chief of Staff of the FDS Laurent Gbagbo, and two other generals ordered their men to surrender their weapons to peacekeepers and place themselves under their protection. The UN platform for diplomatic intervention, France, with about 12 000 citizens live in Ivory Coast, said he authorized the Unicorn units to intervene alongside UNOCI to neutralize the heavy weapons Army Gbagbo used against civilians.
This intervention emphasizes the Elysee, responds to a request from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who has sought the help of France in a letter to Nicolas Sarkozy under resolution 1975 Security Council which "authorizes all necessary (...) to prevent the use of heavy weapons against the civilian population." In the late afternoon, Barack Obama called Laurent Gbagbo to resign immediately.
The President of the United States has also supported the initiatives of UNOCI and French forces to protect civilians. Russia has questioned it on the merits of military intervention by the UN in Abidjan and has requested an urgent meeting of the Security Council on this matter. Paris does not "burn" in Cote d'Ivoire Prime Minister Francois Fillon, said it had participated in the morning in a telephone conference with Nicolas Sarkozy and Alassane Ouattara.
The French head of state noted the occasion of "its desire to form a government of broad national union in Côte d'Ivoire to ensure the reconciliation of all Ivorians." Alain Juppe said there was no question for France to "burn" militarily in Côte d'Ivoire after the fall of Laurent Gbagbo, calling for an amendment to the mandate of peacekeepers and their redeployment to the West.
"The sooner we intervene in support of UNOCI will be finished and the better," he said. "The most difficult is to achieve peace," added Alain Juppe. "France must not perpetuate its military presence in Côte d'Ivoire Alain Juppe insisted, but" must, however, remain present an ambitious economic plan to support that will enable Côte d'Ivoire to find the development was hers.
" Le Monde. en with and
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