By Khanyisa Tabata
10 March 2011
Five African heads of state, including President Jacob Zuma, have started talks to try and end the crisis in the Ivory Coast.
The presidents of Mauritania, Tanzania, Chad, Burkina Faso, form the rest of the panel, which was appointed by the African union to resolve the conflict.
The international community accepts Alassane Quattara as the winner of the Ivory Coast’s presidential elections in November. Laurent Gbagbo has been urged to step down.
Meanwhile, the deputy foreign minister of Gbagbo’s government has named South Africa as one of seven African countries that support Gbagbo in his bid to stay in office.
International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says South Africa does not endorse either of the presidential contestants in the Ivory Coast’s disputed election as an overall winner.
The Minister’s comments come after the foreign minister in Laurent Gbagbo’s interim government told a reporter South Africa supported Gbagbo.
Nkoana-Mashabane says South Africa’s task is to find a peaceful resolution.
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