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CNDD-FDD ready to discuss "suspension of hostilities" if invited

[Gabon] Omar Bongo, president of Gabon and now Africa's longest-serving head of state. February 2005. FAO
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    CNDD-FDD spokesman Jerome Ndiho told IRIN on Tuesday his group had not received an official invitation to the talks, but said it was favourable to taking part if official confirmation came. There was no problem with the banner, he added, as "CNDD-FDD is not CNDD". "We are not opposed to negotiations," he said. "The armed struggle is intended to make the army accept negotiations." However, there was no question of a ceasefire, he stressed. "That is too ambitious, but we are ready to discuss a suspension of hostilities." Ndiho said it was "too late" to talk about a peaceful solution, but a "negotiated political solution" was possible. "The talks must be serious," he added. "We will not take part in a circus."

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