Mrs. Patricia Malikail at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On April 4th, 2012. See this statement in context.

April 4th, 2012 / 5:15 p.m.

Director General, Africa Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Thanks for the question.

The 2,000 ECOWAS figure is what ECOWAS has mentioned so far. The chiefs of defence staff of ECOWAS countries are meeting tomorrow. We should know a little bit more about that.

I think we are all waiting to see what ECOWAS intends for this mission. What are the objectives of the mission? What's the mandate they're going to give? Who are they going to include in the mission? Will it just be these 2,000? Will there be a role for others? We're waiting to see that.

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