The regional economic bloc had also mandated the Heads of Government of Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Benin, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso to visit the country within the next 48 hours to press on the coup leaders that it would not tolerate coups in the region.
The leaders, in an extra-ordinary meeting, said it wants to send a message that it would have zero tolerance for coups in West Africa.
In a communiqué, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Kadre Ouedraogo, however, ruled out the immediate deployment of peace keepers to restore democracy in the country.
The Chairman of ECOWAS, President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire, had told newsmen after the meeting that Mali had sustained democracy for more than 20 years, with a virile economy.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that military junta in Mali had on March 21, ousted President Ahmadu Toure less than seven weeks to the country's presidential election. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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