MEXICO CITY : Talks on El Salvador
A new round of peace talks between the rightist government of San Salvador and leftist guerrillas who have fought it for ten years begin in the Mexican capital today, mediated by a personal representative of United Nations General Secretary Javier Perez de Cuellar.
Taking up a peace agenda drawn up last month during secret talks in Caracas, the Mexican meeting will focus on the government’s armed forces, which the guerrillas say must be reduced and purged of hard liners. A series of other legal, electoral, and economic reforms are also up for negotiations.
Both sides are pledged to seek a cease-fire by mid-September if they can first agree on a reform program.
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