Ouagadougou: The Burkinabè dailies of Monday July 8 widely commented on the 1st summit of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) held in Niamey in Niger where the three heads of state adopted the treaty establishing creation of the confederation between Burkina, Mali and Niger.'1st AES summit: heads of state adopt the treaty creating the confederation', reads the state daily Sidwaya on its headline.According to the newspaper of all Burkinabè people, history will record that it is on the banks of the Niger River that the presidents of Niger, Brigadier General Abdourahamane Tiani, of Burkina, Captain Ibrahim Traoré and of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta signed 'with faith and determination', the treaty establishing the confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States.According to the colleague, it was against all odds that the confederation was born on July 6, 2024 with commitments and promising prospects for development for the happiness of the people of the Sahel.Was the Rubicon of the rupture between the AES cou ntries and ECOWAS crossed on Saturday July 6 in Niamey with the birth of the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States? asks the dean of private daily newspapers L'Observateur Paalga.'We must believe that yes, while remaining cautious,' replies the duck before indicating that by choosing to bring the AES confederation to the baptismal fund, the day before the 65th ordinary summit of ECOWAS, the three leaders of States pulled the rug out from under their counterparts in the community, who had to look into the question of the divorce of the 3 confederate countries.For its part, the Bobolais daily, L'Express du Faso, comments that beyond the euphoria and the confederation, ECOWAS and AES share the same space and are made up of the same people.In doing so, writes the newspaper, the two organizations are condemned to cohabit sincerely, frankly and as long-term as they exist for the happiness of the people whose cause they intend to defend.According to the newspaper Le Pays, the signing of the treaty ma rks a decisive turning point in the life of the AES as a confederation by giving it a strong legal status and undisputed political value.The private daily specifies that this confederation is based on principles such as respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States, non-aggression between confederated States, etc.Source: Burkina Information Agency