Mediation Offer in Guinea-Bissau
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LISBON — Guinea-Bissau’s state radio said Thursday that the government of President Joao Bernardo Vieira had accepted an offer of mediation by religious and political leaders aimed at avoiding all-out confrontation with rebels in the West African state.
The mediators said Vieira had agreed to their offer to try to negotiate a cease-fire, and they were now awaiting a response from the heavily armed rebels who are holding a key garrison on the outskirts of the city, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported from Bissau.
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