OUAGADOUGOU
Burkina Faso's
interim president Michel Kafando, who was deposed last week during a
coup, will be returned to office on Wednesday, putsch leader General
Gilbert Diendere told AFP on Tuesday.
The return of
"Kafando is already a done deal. The (African) heads of state arrive
tomorrow (Wednesday) to put him back in office," Diendere said.
His
remarks were made after days of marathon talks in Nigeria's Abuja
between his junta and the army aimed at ending the crisis that had been
expected to result in a deal late on Tuesday.
Earlier,
West African leaders from Ecowas (the Economic Community of West African
States) had announced they would return to the capital Ouagadougou on
Wednesday to "restore Michel Kafando (to his role) as interim president
of Burkina Faso" and to initiate a dialogue "among all stakeholders" in
the crisis.
"Theoretically, it is me who will welcome
them (at the airport) tomorrow and Kafando will go with them after
that," said Diendere, head of the powerful Presidential Security
Regiment (RSP).
Kafando and interim prime minister Isaac Zida were seized last Wednesday by presidential guards but later released.
Diendere is known to be close to ousted strongman Blaise Compaore, who was deposed during a popular uprising in October 2014.
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