Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to both ambassadors for joining us this morning. I appreciate it very much.
I want to say to Ambassador Traoré Ami Diallo that we certainly appreciate what your country has been going through and have grave concerns about it, and we hope you can overcome this difficulty and crisis. We would like to provide what assistance we are able to in that effort.
First of all, let me quickly ask you two questions. How realistic is the prospect of dialogue with the Tuareg and the northern elements, given the history? What does your country have to do now that it hasn't done in the past 20 years, say, to effect this change?
Second, looking forward to an election sometime this year, do you require or do you seek the assistance of the international community in showing that the elections are recognized as being real, fair, and free?