Progress in Burundi talks, says Museveni
Mar 03, 2003
Burundian President Pierre Buyoya and representatives of the rebel Forces for the Defence of Democracy (FDD) have agreed to speed up implementation of a truce agreed on last December.
Felix Osike and Agencies
Burundian President Pierre Buyoya and representatives of the rebel Forces for the Defence of Democracy (FDD) have agreed to speed up implementation of a truce agreed on last December.
President Yoweri Museveni, who returned from Dar es Salaam where he chaired a mini summit to resolve the conflict between the two parties, told reporters that both sides had made “good progressâ€, Reuters reported on Sunday.
Museveni chairs the Great Lakes regional initiative on Burundi. The two sides met to try to start work on setting up a joint cease-fire commission to monitor their fragile truce.
In a communique, the Burundi government and opposition FDD “agreed to share power in accordance with the 2002 cease-fire agreement.â€
Under the peace accord, Buyoya is due to hand over power to his Hutu deputy, vice-president Domitien Ndayizeye on May 1 after 18 months in office.
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Burundian President Pierre Buyoya and representatives of the rebel Forces for the Defence of Democracy (FDD) have agreed to speed up implementation of a truce agreed on last December.
President Yoweri Museveni, who returned from Dar es Salaam where he chaired a mini summit to resolve the conflict between the two parties, told reporters that both sides had made “good progressâ€, Reuters reported on Sunday.
Museveni chairs the Great Lakes regional initiative on Burundi. The two sides met to try to start work on setting up a joint cease-fire commission to monitor their fragile truce.
In a communique, the Burundi government and opposition FDD “agreed to share power in accordance with the 2002 cease-fire agreement.â€
Under the peace accord, Buyoya is due to hand over power to his Hutu deputy, vice-president Domitien Ndayizeye on May 1 after 18 months in office.
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