PRESIDENT HOLLANDE SPEAKS TO ALASSANE OUATTARA BY PHONE AFTER TERRORIST ATTACK

USPA NEWS - French President spoke by telephone with the President of the Republic of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara.
They reported on the assassination of Grand-Bassam, whose death toll rose because four French victims are now reported. The President presents his condolences to victims and their families.

Ivory Coast has been hit last Sunday, by a deadly terrorist attack that targeted the resort town of Grand-Bassam. On behalf of France, the President of the Republic has condemned in the strongest terms this heinous and cowardly attack. They reported on the assassination of Grand-Bassam, whose death toll rose because four French victims are now reported. The President of the French Republic presents his condolences to the families of all the victims.------------------------------------ The French President confirmed the trip to Abidjan, tomorrow, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development and the Minister of the Interior, in order to effectively demonstrate the solidarity of France with Ivory Coast France will support Ivory Coast in its initiatives against terrorism and believes that cooperation between all the states threatened by terrorist groups, particularly in West Africa, must more than ever be intensified. Elysee

The President of the Republic spoke by telephone with the President of the Republic of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara. They reported on the assassination of Grand-Bassam, whose death toll rose because four French victims are now reported. The President of the Republic presents his condolences to the families of all the victims.--------------------------------------------- The President of the Republic confirmed the trip to Abidjan, tomorrow, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development and the Minister of the Interior, in order to effectively demonstrate the solidarity of France with Ivory Coast France will support Ivory Coast in its initiatives against terrorism and believes that cooperation between all the states threatened by terrorist groups, particularly in West Africa, must more than ever be intensified. Elysee----------------------------- TERRORIST ATTACK IN GRAND BASSAM HAS BEEN CLAIMED BY AQIM-------------------------------------------------- The terrorist attack, has been claimed by AQIM, and killed 18 people including four French at Grand-Bassam, a seaside resort near Abidjan. Yesterday, the Ivorian Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko had counted 33 injured, 26 were still in hospital after the attack. Among the 18 dead also included a German national, director of the Goethe Institute in Abidjan and source familiar with the matter, Lebanon nationals, Burkina Faso and Mali. Three terrorists were also killed. According to RFI- The Ivorian authorities have promised to strengthen security and to advance the investigation at the time. From the French side, the Foreign Ministers and Interior, Jean-Marc Ayrault and Bernard Cazeneuve will visit Today in Abidjan to show their solidarity with the Ivorian authorities and the people and ensure their support the French community there.