Senegal: President Faye says Mali ‘not inflexible’ on ECOWAS

Senegal’s new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has held talks with Mali’s leader Col. Assimi Goita in the Malian capital Bamako, Thursday.

Earlier this year Goita, who took power in a coup, announced Mali’s withdrawal from ECOWAS.

Faye, who was in Bamako to discuss cooperation between Mali and Senegal and to talk about Mali’s membership of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), said: “I understand Mali’s position, which, although rigid, is not totally inflexible.”

“But we think that, at least from my point of view, we must continue to work with all the…