The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.

It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models.

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.

In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.

The most powerful State in the world, which up to now was relatively protected from terrorist violence, is no longer an inviolable sanctuary.

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.