President Laurent Gbagbo gave new assurances on Tuesday that he is open to talks over the tussle for the Ivory Coast presidency.
Gbagbo had accepted an offer of talks with his rival Alassane Ouattara made on Monday by African Union mediator in the weeks-long crisis Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, his spokesman said.
There was « an offer of dialogue between the two camps. It was accepted… a meeting depends on the response of the Ouattara camp, » Ahoua Don Mello said.
Ouattara’s team did not immediately comment.