The army commanders from the area will gather in Ghana later this week, according to ECOWAS, the West African economic and political bloc.
According to reports, the meeting is to talk about a potential intervention in Niger, where a junta staged a coup last month.
For technical reasons, this meeting had already been postponed.
Currently, regional democracies are open to discussing military intervention in Niger, which critics warn might destabilise a region that is already unstable.
After a meeting between the leader of the junta, Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, and a number of powerful Islamic clerics over the weekend, there was some optimism for a diplomatic settlement to the problem in Niger.
The coup’s planners changed their tone the following day, alleging that democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum had committed crimes of treason and asserting that they had sufficient evidence to bring charges against him.
The UN and ECOWAS both criticised the action.
A more stable Sahel would result from a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Niger, according to the leader of neighbouring Mali’s interim military administration. Mr. Putin stressed the importance of this to him during their phone conversation.