ANTANANARIVO, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Madagascar's ruling transitional president Andry Rajoelina urges the international community to lift sanctions against the island country to pay the way for the implementation of the transitional charter signed by main stakeholders two months ago.

Under the pressure of the international community, his political rivals and the armed forces, Rajoelina said on Sunday night in his national address that he was ready to appoint a new prime minister, who would be accepted by his political rivals.

The new premier would set up all of the transitional institutions according to the transitional charter and other related agreement, signed in Maputo, Mozambique on Aug. 9, he promised.

Madagascan stakeholders in the current political crisis, including Rajoelina and former presidents Marc Ravalomanana, Didier Ratsiraka, and Albert Zafy, agreed in Maputo to share power during a 15-month transition.

However, the political camp led by Rajoelina refused to give up either the presidency or the premiership to other political rivals and unilaterally reshuffled the transitional government early last month.

As one of the conditions for compromise, Rajoelina urged the international community to sign a guarantee letter to lift international sanctions against Madagascar.

The international community denounced the power change in Madagascar in March as unconstitutional and even as a coup, and imposed sanctions against the transitional authority, including the suspension of development fund totaling 302 million euros by the European Union and 180 million U.S. dollars by the World Bank.

Rajoelina said he made the appeal after consultations with various forces in the country, including politicians, representatives of the armed forces, influential church leaders and leaders of civil societies late last week.

His announcement coincided with the arrival of the International Contact Group members, who planned to call a meeting on Tuesday to seek an end to the prolonged political crisis in the country.

The special envoy of the United Nations, Tiebile Drame, and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mediator, Joaquim Chissano, arrived here on Sunday. The envoy from the African Union (AU), Ablasse Ouedraogo, and the representative of the International Organization of Francophonie, Edem Kodjo, came here on Friday.

AU Commission President Jean Ping and French Secretary of State for Cooperation Alain Joyandet are scheduled to arrive on Monday.

The presence of the international mediators sets off mixed reactions among different political groups, with three dozens of small political parties under the ruling transitional authority against any talks with their rivals, while supporters of Ravalomanana, Ratsiraka and Zafy expressing hope that international pressure would force Rajoelina and his political camp to implement the Maputo agreements.

Parties supporting Rajoelina see the arrival of international mediators in Madagascar as interference in Madagascar's internal affairs.

They have planned to hold a demonstration against the arrival of the international mediators on Tuesday in front of the hotel, where the international mediators settle down.

In another development, army generals held a close-door meeting with Rajoelina and his Prime Minister Monja Roindefo for nearly two hours on Sunday, but no information was disclosed from the meeting.