President of Republic Participates in Ivorian President-Elect Swearing-In Ceremony

The President of the Republic, His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazouani, President-in-Office of the G-5 Sahel, participated, Monday at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan, in the swearing-in ceremony of the President-elect of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, His Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara, for a new presidential term. The city of Abidjan, economic capital of Côte d’Ivoire, also hosted several Heads of State and Government, members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) participating in this event, including the presidents of Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo-Brazzaville, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Niger, Senegal, Togo, and Mali. South Africa was represented by the President of the Republic, current Chairman of the African Union, HE Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, as well as the Minister of Energy and Mines, Mr. Gwede Mantashe, while France was represented by its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian. The Chairman of the African Union Commission, HE Mr. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the ECOWAS Commission, HE Mr. Jean-Claude Cassie Bru, President of the Commission of the Economic and Monetary Union for West Africa, HE Mr. Abdallah Boureima, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed ibn Chambas were also present. The Ivorian President-elect, Mr. Alassane Ouattara, was sworn in for a five-year term before the president and members of the Ivorian Constitutional Court. It should be noted that Mr. Ouattara was re-elected for a new term in the first round of the Ivorian presidential elections held on 31 October, with 94.27% of the vote.