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May 2002 UN
Team Presses Burundi on Peace Process
VOA
News 5
May 2002 12:16 UTC

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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