Angola Peace Talks Break Up With No Agreement Reached
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Peace talks to end Angola’s civil war broke up Friday with no agreement reached, said a U.N. mediator who predicted that fighting would intensify.
The failure to reach a settlement in the third round of talks was a serious blow to U.N. efforts to end the 18-year war in which 400,000 people have been killed.
U.N. special envoy Margaret Anstee said UNITA rebels refused to agree to withdraw from some villages and towns. The rebels argued that there were no guarantees that government troops would not move in.
“I am afraid the war is going to go on and probably intensify,” Anstee said. “But that means we have to intensify our efforts to get the sides together again.”
Edmond Dejarnette, U.S. envoy to Angola, blamed the rebels for undermining what he called “a fair and workable solution.”
No date was set for more talks.
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