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UN Team Presses Burundi on Peace Process


VOA News
5 May 2002 12:16 UTC
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A United Nations Security Council delegation has arrived in Burundi to reinforce a fragile peace process in the war-torn nation. 

The 15 ambassadors are scheduled to meet President Pierre Buyoya and other key political leaders. 

French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte, who is leading the delegation, told reporters a transitional government installed in Burundi last year has been working. But he stressed that guerrilla leaders must join the peace process and end their fighting. 

Burundi's main political actors signed a power-sharing deal in Arusha, Tanzania, in 2000. But the two rebel groups from the large Hutu majority did not, and they remain in armed conflict with the Tutsi-dominated army. The Security Council delegation is touring Africa to summon support for peace efforts in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

On Monday, the diplomats will resume their push for peace in neighboring Congo when they travel to Rwanda -- the Congolese government's main foreign foe -- for talks with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. 

Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.

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