Bujumbura — Former Mozambican president Joachim Chissano has once again called on PALIPEHUTU-FNL leaders to come to their homeland for talks. He reiterated this call today before his departure to Uganda.

â-šI make vibrant call to all those who are in the bush with arms to have confidence in the efforts made by different Burundian organisations for peace and their integration in the Burundian society so that they can come home to debate over all problems in peace. It is the dialogue that can resolve all the problems not weapons. Weapons rather create more problems and sufferings," Joachim Chissano said.

Chissano met with former presidents of the republic of Burundi today. They all exhorted him to do what he can to bring PALIPEHUTU-FNL back to the bargaining table. Chissano stated that the top authorities that he met during his three-day visit informed him that the spokesman for the President of the Republic of Burundi recently met with the FNL delegation in Dar es Salaam.

Joachim Chissano visited Burundi after being invited by the National Council of Christians Churches. He said that churches can play a major role in the disarmament of civilians and the consolidation of peace.