RABAT: Burkina Faso's deposed president Blaise Compaore arrived in Morocco from Ivory Coast, where he has been in exile since his ouster in a popular revolt last month, the Moroccan foreign ministry announced early Friday.
Compaore, 63, arrived with five other people for a "fixed-term visit," it said in a statement released on the official MAP news agency, without mentioning any time-frame.
"The kingdom of Morocco, which has strong historic, human and political links with Burkina Faso, reiterated its support for the process of transition in the country," it added.
Later Friday Burkina Faso's interim president Michel Kafando, a former foreign minister, formally assumes power.
However Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, the army officer who took power after the fall of Compaore, was on Wednesday named prime minister, ensuring the military keeps a grip on government despite pressure for a civilian transition.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to Kafando after he was sworn in on Tuesday.
Compaore fled to Ivory Coast on October 31 at the invitation of close ally President Alassane Ouattara after he was ousted.
But Compaore's presence angered supporters of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo.
Compaore is widely seen by Gbagbo's camp as being behind a failed 2002 coup seeking to depose him, which plunged Ivory Coast into nearly a decade of conflict.
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