Their ECOWAS exit was fuelled partly by their accusation that Paris was manipulating the bloc, and never offering sufficient assist for anti-jihadist efforts.
“The AES is the one efficient sub-regional grouping within the combat in opposition to terrorism,” Tiani declared on Saturday, calling ECOWAS “conspicuous by its lack of involvement on this combat”.
The exit got here because the trio shifted away from former colonial ruler France, with Tiani calling for the brand new bloc to grow to be a “group far faraway from the stranglehold of international powers”.
All three have expelled anti-jihadist French troops and turned as a substitute in the direction of what they name their “honest companions” – Russia, Turkey and Iran.
Given the lethal jihadist violence the three nations face, “the combat in opposition to terrorism” and the “consolidation of cooperation” can be on Saturday’s agenda, in response to the Burkinabe presidency.
ECOWAS is because of maintain a summit of its heads of state within the Nigerian capital Abuja on Sunday, the place the difficulty of relations with the AES can be on the agenda.