WORLD IN BRIEF : EL SALVADOR : Government, Rebels Open Peace Talks
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Salvadoran government envoys and leftist rebels launched an important round of peace talks in Mexico City, one year after the United Nations stepped in to mediate an end to El Salvador’s 11-year civil war. Rebel and diplomatic sources said the talks could be the most decisive yet in the U.N.-sponsored peace process. Diplomatic sources said the talks will focus on three themes: reforming the armed forces, changing the country’s 1983 constitution and defining the terms of a cease-fire.
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