French President Jacques Chirac called Monday the Ivorians to organize an "incontestable presidential poll" at the moment when the scheduled election for Oct. 30 seems impossible.

"In Cote d'Ivoire, today more than ever before, the crisis will be settled via the holding of an "incontestable presidential poll: a sincere mobilization of Ivorian political actors around this objective is absolutely urgent," he said at the annual meeting of French ambassadors.

On Aug. 25, the rebel New Forces said elections will not be possible by October, threatening the future of a plan to end a three-year conflict in the country. The rebels said that conditions for free and fair polls are not met, and asked the current president Laurent Gbagbo to leave.

Chirac said "France along with all the international community trust in the African mediation led by South Africa and the United Nations to allow the Ivorians to choose freely their president and start without delay in the way of reconciliation."

Cote d'Ivoire is divided into the government-held south and a rebel-held north after a rebellion in 2002. The United Nations has 6,000 peace-keepers in the country and France has 4,000 soldiers.

The UN Security Council is due to hold a meeting on Aug. 31 to examine the situation in the country.

The elections were scheduled under a peace plan drawn up by South African mediators.

Source: Xinhua