Security experts from theWest-Africa sub-region have charged the Malian government to fast tracknational dialogue and reconciliation initiatives in the country. This formed part of the communiquéat the end of the maiden INTER RECs-RMs Peace and Security Forum: PolicyDialogue on Mali in Accra Ghana. The call was announced in statementsigned by Uwem Thompson of the ERERA-ECOWAS office in Accra. He said the meeting was part ofmeasures to find lasting solution to the insecurity situation in Mali. The meeting was organised by theECOWAS commission as part of an African continental agreement to initiate aplatform for consultations among the Regional Economic Communities and RegionalMechanism to formulate and harmonise positions on peace and security. Thompson said the Mali governmenthas been advised to continue with the security sector reform as well as thedisarmament, demobilisation and re-integration process in Mali.