No accord at this time - Buyoya

President Pierre Buyoya, speaking at Bujumbura airport on Sunday before leaving for Arusha, said that while the peace talks were at an advanced stage, there was not yet sufficient progress for a peace accord. “There will be no peace agreement at the meeting that starts tomorrow [Monday]...it is not possible,” he said, according to Radio Umwizero, which broadcasts from Bujumbura. Buyoya noted that talks had not yet started on the issue of a ceasefire which had to precede the signing of a peace accord. “We have to tell Burundians to be realistic,” he said. “Negotiations are always difficult in the last phase... indeed, I believe that we may conclude a peace accord in the coming months, but we are not there yet.”