The meeting between Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and Doumbouya came after a regional summit on Thursday, which urged swift elections and sanctioned Guinea's putschists.
CONAKRY - West African leaders met Guinean coup leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya in the capital Conakry on Friday, where they pushed for elections within six months, but apparently failed to receive firm commitments.
Ghana's president added that Doumbouya is awaiting the conclusions of his own internal consultation on restoring civilian rule.The putsch has fuelled international concerns over democratic backsliding across west Africa and drawn parallels with Mali, which suffered two coups since August last year.Doumbouya began a four-day series of talks on Tuesday designed to sound out the country's political and civil-society leaders on the path towards civilian rule.
On Thursday, after the regional summit focused on Guinea, Ecowas Commission President Jean Claude Kassi Brou insisted that the country's transition must be "very short". But last year, he pushed through a controversial new constitution that allowed him to run for a third term in October 2020.
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