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Email Print Related News Ouattara asks EU to lift sanctions, seeks recovery Thu, Apr 7 2011 Analysis & Opinion Portugal’s road to bailout will be rocky Full transcript of Robert Zoellick Newsmaker Related Topics World » United Nations » Related Video Scenes from Ivory Coast Thu, Apr 7 2011 Ouattara forces storm Gbagbo bunker Japan’s ambassador rescued in Abidjan 1 / 38 Women walk along a street as they look for water in Abidjan April 7, 2011. U.N. peacekeepers have surrounded the ''last defenders'' of Ivory Coast incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo, France said on Thursday, after a week of heavy fighting to unseat him. Credit: Reuters/Luc Gnago By Mark John and Ange Aboa ABIDJAN | Fri Apr 8, 2011 2:28am EDT ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara has called for an end to sanctions and sought to return the war-torn country to normal, despite a continuing military standoff with incumbent Laurent Gbagbo. U.N.-backed Ouattara said his forces had blockaded Gbagbo in the presidential residence in Abidjan and he had asked the European Union to lift sanctions on the main ports of the world's top cocoa producer. With Gbagbo refusing to step down, Ouattara, who the U.N. says won a presidential election meant to draw a line under Ivory Coast's 2002-3 civil war, took the first steps toward assuming executive powers in a televised address on Thursday. He promised to restore security and utilities, meet basic needs and pay salaries after five months of conflict which has killed thousands of people and left residents of what was once West Africa's most prosperous country without food and water. In New York, Ouattara's U.N. envoy accused Gbagbo of arming his supporters all over the country but said Ouattara would soon announce an end to a ban on cocoa exports he imposed in January. Dealers say about 500,000 metric tons of cocoa is stuck in the country. "I have asked that European Union sanctions on the ports of Abidjan and San Pedro and certain public entities, be lifted," Ouattara said in a speech broadcast on French television. "I have also asked the central bank BCEAO to reopen its branches in Ivory Coast, to ensure a resumption of operations in all banks so as to enable the payment of salaries and arrears in the shortest possible time," he said on television channel LCI. Diplomatic and military efforts to oust Gbagbo this week have been met with fierce resistance and Ouattara said his residence had been sealed off to protect the area. "As for the outgoing President Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, who has entrenched himself at the presidential residence in Cocody with heavy weapons and mercenaries, a blockade has been established around the perimeter to secure the inhabitants of the district," Ouattara said. CRIMES TO BE INVESTIGATED A week of fighting for control of the economic capital Abidjan has driven terrified residents to scramble to find food and water, with frequent power cuts and hospitals overwhelmed with wounded. "Every morning people have to take jerrycans to walk around the neighbourhood and search for water," Cocody resident Jean-Claude said. "As for food, there is nothing left. People have to queue up in long lines to buy even a single baguette." Ouattara said he had asked generals to take all necessary steps to maintain order and security of goods, people and their movements and also secure the delivery of food to markets and medicines in hospitals and health centres. He said steps would also be taken to shed light on all crimes committed during the conflict and would collaborate with international organizations to investigate human rights abuses and punish those found guilty. 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