Buhari meets Jonathan, calls for resolution of political crisis in Mali

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on disputing parties in the ongoing political crisis in Mali to settle their disputes and unite for the peace and unity of the nation.

Buhari, on Friday, made the decision at the Presidential Villa, Abuja while receiving his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who presently serves as Special Envoy and ECOWAS mediator to Mali.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, revealed this in a statement entitled ‘President Buhari, Jonathan confer on crisis in Mali.’

The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja called on the actors in the political crisis in Mali to come together for the peace and unity of the country.

“The President spoke when he received in audience former President Goodluck Jonathan who is Special Envoy and ECOWAS mediator to the West African country.”

The statement also cited President Buhari as saying that “a situation where most parts of the country are in the hands of insurgents calls for a consensus and restoration of peace, not a further escalation of the crisis.”

Jonathan purportedly briefed the President on the present condition in Mali after meeting with the key political players ahead of the meeting of ECOWAS leaders under the Chairmanship of President Nana Akufo-Addo of the Republic of Ghana.

He further stated that the meeting of the regional leaders was essential to immediately find a suitable solution to the present crisis in the West African country.