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Cote d'Ivoire's Govt., Rebels Agree to End Aggressive Actions

Negotiators from the government of Cote d'Ivoire and rebels said Thursday that they agreed to end aggressive actions for further talks aimed at ending a six-week army rebellion in the troubled country.


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Negotiators from the government of Cote d'Ivoire and rebels said Thursday that they agreed to end aggressive actions for further talks aimed at ending a six-week army rebellion in the troubled country.

Chief government negotiator Laurent Dona Fologo, rebel leader Guillaume Soro and Mohamed Ibn Chambas, executive secretary of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), signed a peace statement at the end of Thursday's meeting.

According to the statement, both sides agreed to create a climate conducive to negotiations by refraining from aggressive words, actions and behavior.

The statement listed aggressive actions, which include "executions and extra-judicial executions, recruitment and use of mercenaries, enlisting child soldiers, and violating the ceasefire."

both sides agreed to continue peace talks on Friday.

On Wednesday, representatives of the government and mutinous soldiers held their first face-to-face meeting since the crisis began almost six weeks ago.

Togolese President Gnassingbe Eyadema, who is acting as a mediator in the talks for the ECOWAS, has said if all goes well, both sides may sign a peace agreement on Thursday.

The government is demanding that the rebels disarm, while the rebels want to see President Laurent Gbagbo step down and fresh elections held.

The Sept. 19 uprising, which plunged Cote d'Ivoire into its worst crisis since its independence from France in 1960, has claimed hundreds of lives and left tens of thousands of people homeless.


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