ECOWAS, AES Move to Salvage Regional Trade, Security Ties
– Joint teams to negotiate cooperation deal after Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger exit Michael Olugbode in Abuja The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Confederation of Sahel States
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) have agreed to establish joint working groups to negotiate a cooperation deal aimed at protecting cross-border trade, security collaboration, and other regional ties strained by the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from ECOWAS.
This agreement, reached in Dakar, Senegal, at the first ministerial meeting of the ECOWAS-AES Dialogue on Cooperation, aims to safeguard the interests of both parties and provide a structured channel for engagement. The working groups will examine areas of common interest, with their findings to be submitted to the ministers for consideration before the next session.
The meeting was co-chaired by Senegal’s Minister of African Integration, Foreign Affairs, and Senegalese Abroad, Cheikh Niang, and Burkina Faso’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré, who is also the chairman of the AES Ministerial Steering Committee.
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