OUAGADOUGOU, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore will be in Bamako, Mali, to attend the 14th ordinary session of the conference for the heads of state and government of the Economic and Monetary Union of the West African States (UEMOA) on Saturday, according to the presidential press service.

During this summit, the heads of state and government will discuss the situation in Niger, the development and functioning of the eight-member union and the necessary steps to promote the integration process in the region.

The documents for approval at the Bamako summit include the reports of the 2009 activities of the Commission, the Central Bank for the West African States and the West African Bank of Development (BOAD).

Among others issues on the agenda will be measures to fight against any eventuality of international economic and financial crisis, the progress made on regional initiative for sustainable energy, community reforms and the union's common market.

An key topic at the Bamako summit will be a common tourism policy for the UEMOA region.

According to observers, this summit will be dominated by the political situation in Niger following Thursday's coup d'etat, in which President Mamadou Tandja was ousted. They will also discuss the dissolution of the government and the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) in Cote d'Ivoire, which has rendered the planned presidential elections impossible between February and March.

BOAD is a financial institution of UEMOA, which comprises Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Togo.