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Wide of plane on tarmac2. Ivory Coast officials waiting to greet presidents3. Close of incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo's prime minister Gilbert Marie N'gbo Ake (first from left) waiting with other officials4. President of Benin Dr....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide of plane on tarmac\u003cbr/\u003e2. Ivory Coast officials waiting to greet presidents\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo's prime minister Gilbert Marie N'gbo Ake (first from left) waiting with other officials\u003cbr/\u003e4. President of Benin Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni and President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma (wearing glasses) walking down plane steps, then being greeted by N'gbo Ake\u003cbr/\u003e5. Dignitaries walking along red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e6. President of Cape Verde, Pedro Pires walking down plane steps, being greeted by N'gbo Ake\u003cbr/\u003e7. Pires and N'gbo Ake walking away\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga getting out of a car and greeting incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of Pires greeting Gbagbo, \u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid of Gbagbo greeting Koroma when he gets out of another car\u003cbr/\u003e11. Various of meeting between Gbagbo and the Presidents\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close up of Gbagbo\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of Gbagbo standing with the African leaders\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close up of Gbagbo surrounded by media and dignitaries looking serious\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of Alassane Ouattara, internationally recognised president-elect of Ivory Coast, embracing Odinga\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (French) Alassane Ouattara, internationally recognised president-elect of Ivory Coast:\u003cbr/\u003e\"For us, the discussions have finished. We have suggested to the heads of state (in the ECOWAS delegation) that they have a lot to do. We're grateful for all their recent efforts. It is certainly a difficult situation, but I think all that could have been done has been so that diplomacy and dialogue will bring us to find a final solution.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Tracking shot of Ouattara walking past supporters UPSOUND Chanting\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (French) Alassane Ouattara, internationally recognised president-elect of Ivory Coast:\u003cbr/\u003e\"He (Gbagbo) is obviously responsible for violent crimes and the assassinations that we've seen in Ivory Coast these last few weeks. Obviously, for the sake of peace, we might be able to envisage the possibility, but he must recognise the election result and quit his usurped position and let himself go for the well being of Ivory Coast. Thank you.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid of Odinga, Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone, and Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni, President of Benin talking\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (English) Raila Odinga, Kenyan Prime Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We talked about the development in the country and how peace can be restored and how the legitimacy of the presidency can be established.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of Pullman hotel\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English) Raila Odinga, Kenyan Prime Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are going to be making a comprehensive statement on this mission tomorrow after we have consulted President Jonathan (Nigerian president and chairman of ECOWAS).''\u003cbr/\u003e23. Delegation motorcade leaving\u003cbr/\u003eAfrican leaders have offered Laurent Gbagbo an amnesty deal on condition he cede the Ivory Coast presidency peacefully to the internationally recognised winner of Ivory Coast's elections, an official said on Monday.\u003cbr/\u003eThe African heads of state travelled to Ivory Coast to give persuasion another chance before resorting to military intervention.\u003cbr/\u003eThe three presidents, who arrived in Abidjan on Monday, represent the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, a 15-member regional bloc that is threatening military action if Gbagbo does not agree to step aside.\u003cbr/\u003eThe presidents, Thomas Yayi Boni of Benin, Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone and Pedro Pires of Cape Verde, visited last week without result, but this time they were joined by Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who is representing the African Union.\u003cbr/\u003eSpeaking after the meeting, Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognised president-elect of Ivory Coast, said: \"We have suggested to the heads of state (in the ECOWAS delegation) that they have a lot to do. We're grateful for all their recent efforts.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHe added: \"It is certainly a difficult situation, but I think all that could have been done has been so that diplomacy and dialogue will bring us to find a final solution.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHe also said Gbagbo was \"obviously responsible\" for \"violent crimes and assassinations\", and that he \"must recognise the election result\" and \"quit his usurped position and let himself go for the well being of Ivory Coast.\"\u003cbr/\u003eRaila Odinga, the Kenyan prime minister, told reporters on Monday that the delegation had \"talked about the development in the country and how peace can be restored and how the legitimacy of the presidency can be established.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOdinga added: \"We are going to be making a comprehensive statement on this mission tomorrow after we have consulted President Jonathan (Nigerian president and chairman of ECOWAS).''\u003cbr/\u003eOuattara's government has been holed up in the Golf Hotel under UN protection, despite its widespread international recognition.\u003cbr/\u003eResults tallied by the country's electoral commission and certified by the United Nations showed Gbagbo lost the November election by a nearly nine-point margin to Ouattara. \u003cbr/\u003eGbagbo has clung to power with the backing of the army, and human rights groups accuse his security forces of abducting and killing hundreds of political opponents. \u003cbr/\u003eThe UN says it also has been barred entry from two suspected mass graves.\u003cbr/\u003eGbagbo has dismissed the international condemnation as \"a foreign plot\" led by France, the country's former coloniser. \u003cbr/\u003eAn official from the Kenyan prime minister's office said on Monday that an offer by US President Barack Obama to seek an \"international\" role for Gbagbo and other countries' offers of lectureship would be considered for the renegade leader if he agrees to hand over power.\u003cbr/\u003eThe official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not have permission to speak with the media, said that Gbagbo would be guaranteed safety whether he chooses to stay in Ivory Coast or go elsewhere. \u003cbr/\u003eFurther details on the amnesty were not available, but the official said the deal offered by the African leaders was non-negotiable.\u003cbr/\u003eGbagbo, who came to power in 2000 and ruled during a brief civil war, overstayed his mandate that expired in 2005, claiming the country was too unstable to organise a poll. 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