WORLD IN BRIEF : ANGOLA : Multi-Party Plan Offered by Regime
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Angola’s Marxist regime has offered an olive branch to rebels demanding political pluralism by announcing that it intends to move toward a multi-party system, diplomats said. The cautiously worded promise, made shortly before a further round of exploratory talks with the U.S.-backed rebels, could take a long time to put into practice, the diplomats said. But it is likely to give a lift to the peace process as talks resume in Portugal in the next few days, they added.
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