The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) on Friday suspended Burkina Faso over a recent coup that saw the military take over governance of the country.
The West African block, however, said it would not impose other sanctions for the time being.
This was revealed by a participant at a virtual ECOWAS summit on the matter.
ECOWAS also urged the new junta to release ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore and other officials detained during Monday’s coup, the source said.
The source added that the bloc will hold another summit in Accra on February 3.
The summit, which lasted around three hours, also decided to send a mission of ECOWAS chiefs of staff to Ouagadougou, the Burkinabe capital, on Saturday.
This will be followed on Monday by ministerial-level envoys from the bloc, the source said.
