Soro menyatakan Gbagbo telah meminta Presiden Blaise Compaore dari negara tetangga, Burkina Faso, agar membantu menengahi pembicaraan langsung dengan pemberontak, tapi mengatakan bertolak-belakang dengan beberapa laporan media, tak ada pembicaraan semacam itu yang dilakukan.
Soro noted Gbagbo had asked President Blaise Compaore of neighbouring Burkina Faso to help mediate direct talks with the rebels, but said that contrary to some media reports, no such talks had taken place.