Gambia's army chief, General Ousman Badjie has told Reuters news agency that he saw internationally recognised President Adama Barrow as the new commander-and-chief and would not fight a regional force poised to depose Yahya Jammeh.
"We are going to welcome them with flowers and make them a cup of tea. This is a political problem. It's a misunderstanding. We are not going to fight Nigerian, Togolese or any military that comes."
He made the decalaration as the 16:00 (4pm) deadline for President Yahya Jammeh to make up his mind over vacating his office passes, after it was pushed back from a 12:00noon deadline earlier in the day.
BBC reports that Jammeh's former vice-president, Isatou Njie-Saidy, is at State House as last chance negotiations continue.
The Mauritanian and Guinean presidents are also there trying to persuade Jammeh to leave the country with them.
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