Discussions during the meeting, according to Elie Smith, focused on the crises in Cameroon with a special interest on the Anglophone crisis in the North West and South West regions.

In a press release done this May 18 in Douala, Smith revealed that the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, was interested in the deteriorating humanitarian situation, "the breakdown in education, businesses, human rights and general insecurity".

The Senate is said to be interested in bringing back peace in the Country, the role of civil society initiatives like Anglophone General Conference, the diaspora and civilians in the affected regions.
Elie Smith said he shared the enthusiasm for inclusive dialogue involving the concerned parties in the ongoing brouhaha, which will end the pain and sufferings of hundreds of thousands of persons. He called on all stakeholders to choose the option of peace and allow dialogue initiative to go ahead for the sake of those affected.

Last year between November and December, all attempts were done by conveners of the Anglophone General Conference to hold in Buea were futile, as all the parties involved in the crisis, were reluctant to join the peace movement. The mayor of Buea, Ekema Patrick stood against the holding of the said conference and issued threats against it. The conveners have postponed the initiative to a date still to be announced, after the Divisional Officer of Buea, failed to issue an authorisation for it to hold.

The government of Cameroon wants to be at the forefront of all peace negotiation deals. The Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute in a final message to denizens of the North West and South West regions during his just ended peace mission, said Paul Biya was ready for dialogue initiated by the government.

However the Anglophone General Conference, has been lobbying for support for the conference to hold, while talking to all parties involved, to reach a common goal for an inclusive political dialogue that will see an end to the crisis.