Visiting Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra (R) meets with Cote d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara, who is holding the presidency of the West African bloc ECOWAS, in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, May 26, 2012. Diarra on Saturday said the political transition in his country "remains" in conformity with the accord signed between the military junta and the West African bloc ECOWAS. (Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan)

Visiting Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra on Saturday said the political transition in his country "remains" in conformity with the accord signed between the military junta and the West African bloc ECOWAS.

The comments were made after interim president Dioncounda Traore was attacked and injured Monday in the Malian capital Bamako by pro-junta demonstrators against his leadership under the deal.

"I'm come to thank President Ouattara for all the efforts deployed under his ECOWAS presidency and say that the transition has remained," Diarra told his audience with the attendance of Cote d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara, who is holding the presidency of the 15-member bloc.

"The political transition has been defined by the accord signed between the military junta and ECOWAS," he reiterated, in reference to the agreement on a 12-month transition under Traore.

Diarra said Mali has not sought another president for the transition after the attack on the interim president, who was injured and left for France on Wednesday for medical treatment.

"We are not at that point," he said, noting the question of knowing weather or not the junta leader, Capt.Yaya Sanogo, wants the presidency of the transition is not on the agenda.

"What has happened (the attack on the president) is an odious act committed by those who did not agree" with the decision by ECOWAS to confer the presidency of the transition on Traore, the premier added.

He promised that "the law is on track to work relentlessly" to find the culprits and punish them.

Diarra was the chief navigator of the probe "Mars Pathfinder" at NASA before becoming chairman of Microsoft Africa in 2006. He was designated as prime minister of the transitional government last month after the March 22 coup.

ECOWAS first negotiated with the junta on a 40-day transition under Traore, before a second accord was reached to extend the period to one year. Supporters of Sanogo, who enjoys presidential treatment under the agreement, insist that the junta leader head the transition before elections are organized.