ECOWAS Chair and Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has held direct talks with the military leadership in Guinea-Bissau.

He reaffirms the regional bloc’s firm resolve to see constitutional order restored without delay.

President Bio met Major-General Horta Inta-a and his team in Bissau on Monday, December 1, 2025, in what officials described as a constructive engagement aimed at easing the country back onto a democratic path.

He was accompanied by Dr Omar Alieu Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission; Leonardo Santos Simão, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel; and Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister and Chair of the ECOWAS Executive Council, Alhaji Timothy Musa Kabba.

The mission followed a directive from an extraordinary session of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council, which tasked President Bio with leading a high-level delegation to press the military authorities to commit to a full return to constitutional governance.

As part of the visit, the delegation also met with Guinea-Bissau’s Electoral Commission.

Its Chairman and members briefed President Bio on the current electoral landscape and the state of preparations in the country.