The World : Noriega, Foes OK Talks

The Panamanian government dominated by strongman Gen. Manuel A. Noriega and the democratic opposition agreed to direct talks aimed at ending the country’s political crisis, an international negotiating team said. Representatives of the government, the armed forces and the pro-government National Labor Coalition were to meet this afternoon with the Civil Democratic Opposition Alliance in talks that will not “exclude any subject,” a four-member Organization of American States team said. The OAS was mandated to seek a settlement to Panama’s political crisis after the government annulled the results of violence-marred presidential elections in May.