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Depu
ty President Jacob Zuma is expected to brief Ugandan President
Yoweri Museveni in Kampala today, on the position of the Burundi
ceasefire negotiations.
Mr Zuma, who was facilitating the negotiations, jetted off to
Uganda yesterday, to update President Museveni in his capacity as
the Chairperson of the Great Lakes Regional Initiative on
Burundi.
The briefing follows 17 days of negotiations between the Burundian
transitional government and the rebel group, the Defence of
Democracy-Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) of Pierre
Nkurunziza, held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, aimed at ending a
decade long civil war that claimed more than 250 000 lives.
At the Regional Summit held in Tanzania last month, the Great Lakes
Heads of State Summit on Burundi gave a directive to all the
parties to conclude a ceasefire agreement within 30 days or face
action from regional leaders.
'The parties missed the 7 November deadline to reach an agreement
and the leadership of the region now has to provide direction on
the way forward,' said the Presidency in a statement.
Deputy President Zuma is expected back in the country this
afternoon - BuaNews.
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