OAS talks resume, but make no real progress

www.vheadline.com Posted: Monday, March 03, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

After a ten day postponement, negotiations between the government and the opposition resumed, but facilitator Organization of American States (OAS) secretary general Cesar Gaviria said little progress had been made. 

Talks had been suspended February 18 due to Gaviria's own prior commitments.  They had been scheduled to resume last week, but were again postponed on Wednesday and Thursday following security concerns from government negotiators. 

"We've had a difficult week, we haven't been able to make any advances to a better environment that may permit an electoral, peaceful, constitutional and democratic solution."