U.S.-Côte d’Ivoire: Gbagbo’s departure is ’not negotiable’

The Obama administration is in discussions with a number of countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on how to ensure that U.N. forces “can continue to maintain peace and stability in Côte d’Ivoire as this situation unfolds,” State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said December 22.







