Côte d'Ivoire's former President, Laurent Gbagbo is waiting for the Ivorian authorities to issue him a passport so that he may return to the country. Gbagbo, released on bail in Belgium, was freed conditionally by the International Criminal Court last year.
Former President Laurent Gbagbo made several unsuccessful requests for a diplomatic passport to be issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abidjan. In the end, he decided to apply for an ordinary passport or a laissez-passer at the Embassy of Côte d'Ivoire in Brussels.
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