Nairobi - Africa Union (AU) mediator Raila Odinga is due to hold talks with President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola in Luanda, the country's capital, on the developments in Cote d'Ivoire.
The Angolan talks came after Odinga, who is also the Kenyan prime minister secured the backing of three West African states whose stand is viewed as critical to the next course of action by the international community on the incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivorie.
A statement issued in Nairobi said Odinga left Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso, early on Thursday after talks with President Blaise Compaore on Cote d'Ivoire.
The Kenyan prime minister had flown to Burkina Faso on Wednesday evening from Mali, where he had held more talks with President Amadou Toumani Toure.
Odinga described his meeting with the leaders from the West Africa region as very productive.
In meetings held on Wednesday, the presidents of Burkina Faso and Mali separately endorsed the position taken by the AU and the Economic Community of West African States on Cote d' Ivoire.
They also endorsed the conditions spelt out for Gbagbo by the AU mediator Odinga. He said the West African states that operate under the Financial Community of Africa will be meeting on Saturday to discuss removing Gbagbo as a signatory to the Central Bank of West African States.
