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The Acting Resident Representative of ECOWAS in Burkina Faso received the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel in an audience

The Acting Resident Representative of ECOWAS in Burkina Faso received the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel The Acting ECOWAS Resident Representative in Burkina Faso, Mr Francis Chuks NJOAGUANI, received Mr Leonardo Santos SIMAO, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, who is currently on an official visit to Ouagadougou. The aim of the meeting was to discuss issues relating to regional peace and security. The two diplomats also discussed the political and security situation in Burkina Faso, as well as that Member State’s decision to withdraw from ECOWAS. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General was accompanied by his Special Assistant, his Senior Political Adviser and the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Acting Humanitarian Coordinator for Burkina Faso. -------------END-----------------