Linas-Marcoussis Agreement

The Linas-Marcoussis Agreement, also known as the Kleber Agreement, is a peace accord negotiated between 15 and 26 January 2003 in Linas and Marcoussis, France, to end the First Ivorian Civil War that had broken out in Ivory Coast in September 2002. French mediators led by Pierre Mazeaud, acting under the direction of President Jacques Chirac, brought together the Ivorian government, rebel groups and other political factions, together with representatives of the United Nations, the African Union and ECOWAS. The agreement set out a power-sharing framework between the government and the rebels, proposed constitutional reforms, restructured executive functions, and established a reconciliation council, and it was followed by an international military deployment to enforce a ceasefire. The civil war was formally declared over on 4 July 2003, though the settlement long-term stability proved fragile after rebel forces refused to disarm in October 2004 following government rearmament. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/