( CNN ) -- The Rev . Jesse Jackson ended a trip to the Ivory Coast on Friday , after he spoke to leaders from the nation 's political parties and was honored as a prince by a tribe in the West African nation . Jesse Jackson says ceremony to name him a prince of the Agni people was `` very exciting . '' Jackson said he met with President Laurent Gbagbo and leading members of two opposition parties , Henri Konan Bedie and Alassane Ouattara . Bedie is a former president of the nation and Ouattara is a former prime minister . Jackson said his mission was not to endorse a candidate , `` but a process . '' `` I wanted the three of them to agree ... [ to ] campaign vigorously ... not to create divisive language , to each agree to support the winner , [ and ] end the [ U.N. ] sanctions , '' he said . `` I think there 's a common agreement on these points . This country has so much to offer the world and Africa . '' The United Nations imposed sanctions on the nation in 2004 , among them , a ban on arms and diamond trades , a travel ban and asset freezes for some individuals . The sanctions , renewed last year , are in effect until October 29 . Earlier in Jackson 's trip , Amon N'Douffou V , king of the Krindjabo kingdom , named Jackson a prince of the Agni people , news reports said . Jackson said it was a `` very exciting ceremony . '' Jackson 's wife , Jacqueline , suffered a broken leg during the trip when a stage she and her husband were on collapsed , Jackson told CNN in a telephone interview . `` We had excellent medical care , '' the pastor said , adding that the collapse was `` not the fault of the organizers , '' but that too many people had gathered on the stage . Official news agency Agence Ivoirienne de Presse reported that the stage collapse occurred in a sports complex in Yopougon , north of Abidjan . A doctor was to accompany them on their Friday night flight back to the United States , Jackson said . The coming elections in the Ivory Coast are being closely watched by U.N. officials . In a July 30 statement , the U.N. Security Council said `` any postponement of the elections of 29 November would be inconsistent with a credible process '' and with a peace agreement that had followed an armed rebellion in 2002 that had divided the country in two . The Security Council said it would review progress toward elections before October 15 . In March , U.S. State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said the `` United States believes that long-delayed presidential elections are still technically possible in 2009 and calls on all parties to take every step necessary to ensure that credible elections go forward as promised . '' The statement said more than 5.7 million people had been enrolled as voters on a `` preliminary basis . ''
Coming elections in Krindjabo kingdom are being closely watched by Agni officials . Jackson meets with president , opposition leaders in trip to West African nation . Leader of the Ivory Coast reportedly names Jackson a prince of the U.N. people . Jackson : Wife received `` excellent medical care '' after breaking leg in stage collapse .