News reaching the desk of CEOAFRICA.com is that the Ivory Coast and Liberia governments have commenced dialogue aimed at promoting reconciliation and increasing cross-border security.

Findings revealed that close to 200,000 Ivorian fled to seek refuge in Liberia during the 2010-2011 post-election violence, with close to 60,000 still there after the violence has ended. Liberians demands that the refugees should go back to their country.

"The refugees are problems for us. They go on our farms at night to steal our crops. They are taking all our forest land or they go and steal our cattle, said George Mend.

"This is a serious situation right now. I hope that they can go back to Ivory Coast because since they came here, the criminal rate has increased and this is embarrassing for us local farmers." Says some of the aggrieved Liberians.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara met in Zwedru this month for the final day of a peace and reconciliation conference with traditional chiefs from both sides of the border.

Sirleaf said it is time go back to the days of "peaceful coexistence."

"It is not an option for Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia to work together. Dear friends, it is a necessity," she said.