International organizations are working with joint hands, talking with different camps in Mali in an attempt to get an early solution to the Malian politics following a coup that overthrew the West African nation's elected government, while foreign nations are taking measures to ensure the safety of their nationals in the country.

JOINT MISSION STARTS TALKS WITH CAMPS IN MALI

The commission president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Kadre Desire Ouedraogo who was leading a joint mission of ECOWAS, African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN), on Saturday held talks in Bamako with the president of the National Committee for the Redressement of Democracy and Restoration of the State (CNRDRE), captain Amadou Sanogo.

"I am heading a mission that was sent to Bamako by the Cote d'Ivoire president who is also the current ECOWAS president Alassane Dramane Ouattara, who asked me to lead this mission to deliver a special message to the Malian authorities," Ouedraogo said after coming out of the closed door meeting.

"We have the support of the AU which is represented here and we also have the representative of the UN. It's a joint mission," he said.

"We came to deliver the message of the ECOWAS president to the Malian authorities. We want to thank them for having welcomed us and for having listened to us," he concluded.

The meeting between the members of the said joint mission and the CNRDRE leaders was held behind closed doors.

Meanwhile, on Saturday the CNRDRE president met successively with the Archbishop of Bamako Jean Zerbo, the French ambassador to Mali, the president of the Convention for Democracy, Progress and Solidarity, Me Mamadou Gakou and the Speaker of Kidal regional assembly Homeny Belco Maiga.

The Archbishop of Bamako hoped that "wisdom will prevail in Mali so that the country would quickly come out of the current situation which is extremely difficult."

The president of the Kidal regional assembly said that he discussed with the CNRDRE president about the prevailing situation in his region and what needed to be done to obtain immediate and future solutions.

"We are very confident and we support president Sanogo and the committee. The president has committed himself that he will take all possible measures to secure the region and Kidal town. We have also promised to fight alongside our defense and security forces," he said.

All these meetings with different members of the society which were called by captain Sanogo, were held behind closed doors.

CHINESE TAKE MEASURES FOR SECURITY

Meanwhile, given the current situation in the country, the Chinese Embassy in Mali has warned Chinese nationals and businessmen operating in Mali to remain alert.

Guo Xueli, the Charge d'Affaires at the Chinese Embassy, said on Saturday that his embassy had issued two statements, warning Chinese nationals in Mali to remain in their homes and to stay away from Mali's key government buildings.

He said that a good number of Chinese enterprises in Mali had enough stocks of food and water to ensure that their employees get good supply of their basic needs.

"No Chinese national was killed or injured during the coup d'etat," he said while at the same time adding that the embassy had put in place an evacuation plan whose execution will depend on the situation in Mali.

Sun Luocheng, director of Huawei company in Mali, told Xinhua that his company had stocked enough foodstuffs and water for its employees in case of an emergency.

He affirmed that his company whose operations were normal in Mali was contacting its clients through the Internet.

KENYA TRYS TO EVACUATE STRANDED NATIONALS

The Kenyan government is making frantic efforts to evacuate its nationals, including Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula, who are stranded in Mali after the announcement that parts of its military forces had taken control of the African country.

The development comes after the government announced late Saturday that its efforts to evacuate the minister and other 18 Kenyans in Mali through a chartered flight from Nigeria foundered.

A statement from the ministry of foreign affairs said the government had secured clearance to fly into Bamako from the Mali military authority now in charge of the West African nation.

Following the clearance, the statement said the government chartered a flight from an Airline company in Abuja, Nigeria, to fly in and evacuate the minister, the government officials and other Kenyans with him.

"However, as the government was awaiting information that the aircraft had left Abuja for Bamako, Mali, they were informed that the airline had declined to take off, saying that they had been informed by the control tower in Mali that the airspace was not safe," it said.

Despite this setback, the East African nation is currently trying to get an alternative airline willing to fly to Mali following the clearance by the military.