President John Dramani Mahama has called on President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire to commiserate with him for the recent death of 19 people at Grand Bassa terrorist attacks.

President Mahama, who is primarily in the Ivorian capital to attend the fourth African Chief Executive Officers'(CEO) forum, said although he sent a delegation as soon as the attacks occurred, it was also fair for him to console his Ivorian counterpart, once he was in the country.

He commended the security network in Cote d' Ivoire for speedily dispatching the attackers and for restoring peace and calm in the country, just a few days after the attacks.

The attacks followed a similar attack on a prominent hotel in Ouagadougou, capital of the Republic of Burkina Faso a couple of months ago.