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Hundreds of demonstrators besieged Conakry International Airport-Gbessia, on Friday demanding the immediate return of junta leader Moussa Dadis in Conakry. Posters, t-shirts with effigies of the ''miracle'' of Rabat are paraded and slogans chanted in support of Pivi Tiégboro-Moussa Keita.
According to the demonstrators, they will be at the airport long enough to witness the triumphant return of ''their president.'' They have even promise to invade the runway to prevent any landing that is not satisfactory to them.

Commander Claude Pivi aka Coplan and Lieutenant-Colonel Moussa Camara Tiégboro have gathered at the Camp Alpha Yaya Diallo, together with chiefs of staffs of all the armies and members of the CNDD.

An official statement has informed the public about the CNDD decision to travel to Ouagadougou to bring, President Moussa Camara Dadis to Conakry. The statement said the group remains faithful to the spirit of the discourse of acting president, General Sékouba Konaté.

A delegation headed by the Commandant Moussa Keita, left the Guinean capital for Burkina Faso to convince the facilitator that only the return of Dadis is the way of salvation for that country.

Below is a statement by the CNDD and chiefs of the army before their departure.

"Declaration of members of the National Council for Democracy and Development and Chiefs of the Army.

For the sake of appeasement and national stability, the collective members of the CNDD extended to Chiefs of the Army held a meeting on Wednesday, January 14, 2010 at the head of the CNDD, Camp Alpha Yaya Diallo, under the chairmanship of their excellencies, Commandant Claude Pivi, Minister for Presidential Security and Lieutenant Colonel Tiégboro Moussa Camara, Minister in charge of special services, against drugs and crime.

This meeting was held in response to persistent rumors that Captain Dadis Moussa Camara, Head of State, President of the Republic, Commander of the Armed Forces, and President of the CNDD would be prevented from returning home to Guinea. During this meeting, after analysis and consultation, the following concrete steps were taken:

The group remains faithful to the spirit of the speech of His Excellency, General Sékouba Konaté, Minister of National Defense, 2nd President of the CNDD lively, Acting Chairman; written in agreement with the President speech on the choice of a Prime Minister from the opposition and appointed by it, the establishment of a Government of National Unity and the rapid organization of free and transparent elections.

The group demanded the return to Guinea President of the Republic accompanied by his Minister of National Defense.

The group reassured the national and international opinion that the return of President Dadis will strengthen national unity, social peace and unity of the armed forces.

The group decided to send a mission to Burkina Faso CNDD to convey to the mediator of this statement.

The group thanks the King Mohamed VI of Morocco, Maitre Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal and the Libyan Leader, Colonel Gaddafi Muhammar for their support for Peace in Guinea.

The group particularly thanks the President of Faso, His Excellency Blaise Compaoré and joins his mediation efforts for a swift return to democracy in Guinea.

The group invites the people of Guinea to the concord, understanding and restraint.