 President Ballatini will have said that every decision taken on the coup d'etat in Ligé strictly the position of members of the authority of heads of state of the economic community of West African states, Echoers, not his personal or Nigeria's position. The Nigerian leader who is also the chairman of the Echoers authority of heads of state added that a seven-day ultimatum and other resolutions is a regional not a national position. This was disclosed by a special advisor to the president, media publicity, a jury in Galali doing an interaction with the state house correspondents ahead of Thursday's Echoers heads of state extraordinary summit on the political situation in the Republic of Niger. We have been, let me put it, let me phrase it this way. His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tanubu in his capacity as the chairman of Echoers has been unequivocal in his position that diplomacy is the best way forward. He and the, in representing the consensus position of the Echoers heads of state, he has communicated clearly that he along with his colleagues in the, in the block would prefer a resolution that was obtained through diplomatic means, through peaceful means rather than any other. And that will be a position that is maintained going forward pending any other resolution that may or may not result from the Echoers extraordinary summit holding on Thursday. President Tanubu also emphasized that the response of Echoers to the military coup in Niger has been and will remain devoid of ethnic and religious sentiments and considerations. The Echoers leaders will be considering and discussing the recent developments in Niger after a coup ousted President Mohammed Bazem.