President Laurent Gbagbo has promised new elections
US Deputy Secretary of State, John Negroponte, has urged the political leaders in Ivory Coast to follow up on a peace deal and hold elections.
The peace deal which was signed in March officially ended a civil war in the once stable country. Former enemies, President Laurent Gbagbo and ex-rebel leader Guillaume Soro forged an unlikely partnership with Mr Soro appointed prime minister.
But since then there has been little progress towards unification and polls.
"The road ahead will be a difficult one but it is not an impossible one," Mr Negroponte told journalists after two days in Ivory Coast.
"Now is the time to make real progress on the critical issues of identification, election planning, and disarmament and reintegration of the military."
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