Guinea says it is disappointed by an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) proposal that the UN Security Council delay by two months a decision on whether to impose sanctions on Liberia for its alleged role in trafficking diamonds and arms with Sierra Leonean rebels.
Guinean Foreign Minister N'Mah Hawa Bangoura is quoted by Guineenews, an online news service, as saying at a meeting on Thursday with diplomats accredited to Guinea that her government wanted sanctions applied as soon as possible. She said Guinea would not oppose the deployment of ECOWAS peacekeepers along its border with Sierra Leone and Liberia. However, it felt they should not be neutral but have a peace-enforcing role.
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