Maputo — The Mozambican government on Tuesday expressed its readiness to hold another round of talks on Thursday in Maputo with the country's largest opposition party, Renamo.
According to the office of the Prime Minister, the proposed session would tackle the issue of disarming Renamo and also prepare the groundwork for a meeting between President Armando Guebuza and Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama.
Additionally, the government wants the participants to sign the minutes covering the three previous sessions.
During Monday's meeting, Renamo refused to discuss disarming its military force based on the technicality that the issue will be covered in the second item in the formal agenda (defence and security) and thus can only be looked at after completing the first point - on electoral legislation.
After eight rounds of talks Renamo seems to have at last recognised that it is not going to be successful in its unconstitutional demand that the government instructs the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, to table and accept Renamo's proposed changes to the electoral legislation.
On Monday the Renamo parliamentary group agreed to present its own proposals to the Assembly of the Republic for debate at the extraordinary parliamentary sitting that is scheduled for the first fortnight in August.
Renamo has not yet indicated if it is prepared to meet again on Thursday and whether it is ready to move on to discussing disarmament.
In total there are four issues on the agenda for the talks. The third issue is Renamo's complaint of party political bias in the state apparatus, whilst the fourth covers economic questions.
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