Burundi: Security Council Voices Serious Concern After Deadly Violence

25 April 2008

The Security Council has condemned the recent deadly spate of violent confrontations between Burundi's National Defence Forces and the Palipehutu-FNL rebel group in and around the capital, Bujumbura.

Council members, in a presidential statement issued yesterday, called on the two parties "to scrupulously respect" the ceasefire they reached in September 2006 and to resume dialogue to overcome any obstacles that might delay the conclusion to the peace process.

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