MONROVIA, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Niger's President Mamadou Tandjiof Niger has sent a special message to his Liberia counterpart requesting her to assist him in resolving the political crisis in his country, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's chief spokesperson told Xinhua on Wednesday.

    Presidential Press Secretary Cyrus Wleh Badio said the request of President Tandji was contained in a special message delivered on Tuesday to President Sirleaf by a visiting delegation from Niger headed by Prime Minister Sem Ali Badjo Gamatie. Prime Minister Gamatie delivered the message on behalf of the delegationto President Sirleaf, Badio said.

    Speaking to Xinhua on the delegation visit here on Tuesday, Badio said when the delegation met with President Sirleaf at her private office in Monrovia they delivered a special message from President Tandji and conveyed his best wishes to the Liberia leader and its people.

    The content of the message, he said, is basically requesting the intervention of the Liberia leader to play a mediation role in finding a peaceful settlement to the political crisis in that country.

    Badio said President Sirleaf told the delegation during the meeting, which was held behind close door, of the need for a meeting to be held to discuss the political situation in Niger.

    He said the Liberian leader is of the believe that the situation in that country needs continuous dialogue because doing this could definitely create a room for give and take among the contending parties.

    Asked whether, President Sirleaf's call for a meeting to be held to discuss and find solution to the crisis in that country has been endorsed by some of her colleagues in the sub-region, Badio felt short to say whether other leaders have embrace the ideal but stressed that his boss thinks dialogue is the way out of the situation.