"We advise the government, the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, and the opposition, in particular the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita), to reach a consensus on elections, presidential and parliamentary," said Dutch Ambassador Robert Brinks, speaking on behalf of the EU Irish presidency.
Brinks spoke after a meeting between EU ambassadors to Angola and opposition leaders held after opposition lawmakers last month quit a commission tasked with laying the groundwork for the elections.
The lawmakers who last week won backing from all opposition parties were protesting the government's failure to set a date for the elections.
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has yet to set a date for the elections, the first to be held in Angola since a peace accord in 2002 ended 27 years of war.
The opposition wants dos Santos to personally consult political parties to set an election date by consensus.
Dos Santos and his governing party have put forward 14 conditions to be met before holding the elections including adoption of a new constitution, a law on setting up voters' rolls and setting up an elections commission.
The commission now boycotted by the opposition lawmakers was working on all of these issues.
Angola last held elections in September 1992 but a flareup in fighting prevented a second round of voting from taking place. - Sapa-AFP
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