Feuding sides in Kenya to talk

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Source: CCTV.com | 01-23-2008 09:02

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Kenya Tuesday to try to broker a peace deal between the country's feuding political parties.

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in  Kenya Tuesday to try to broker a peace deal between  the country's feuding political parties.(CCTV.com)

Annan is calling on President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to start talks and respect the rule of law.

Annan's mediation mission follows a similar attempt earlier this month by Ghanaian President John Kufuor, the head of the African Union, who was unable to get Kibaki and Odinga to meet.

Diplomats hope Annan, a Nobel Peace laureate whose negotiating experience ranges from Israel to Darfur, can bring Kibaki and Odinga to the same table and persuade them to join some sort of power-sharing arrangement.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei