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Burundi's ceasefire talks continue alongside regional summit.
(From Agence France Presse)
Ceasefire talks between the Burundian government and the country's main rebel force were to continue on the sidelines of a regional summit aimed at ending the country's nine-year civil war.
Earlier, officials of the transitional government in Bujumbura and those of the rebel Forces for the Defence of Democracy (FDD) said talks had ended on Saturday night without any progress being made.
"It was agreed yesterday evening (Saturday) that the negotiations will continue today (Sunday) in Arusha between the two parties, parallel to the heads of state summit," said Lakela Kaunda, the spokeswoman for South Africa's Deputy President Jacob Zuma, the chief mediator.
More than 300,000 people have been killed in Burundi's civil war, which started in 1993 and pits Hutu rebel groups against an army dominated by the Tutsi minority.
"Burundi's President Pierre Buyoya arrived in Arusha this morning, we hope that the regional summit will take strong measures to prompt the rebels to negotiate," a Burundian cabinet minister who asked not to be named said Sunday.
The FDD head Pierre Nkurunziza went on his arrival to the same hotel where Buyoya had earlier checked in.
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