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    JOHANNESBURG

    Angolan and Zambian defence experts met in Luanda on Wednesday for two days of talks to review common security issues. The meeting was the 18th since the Joint Permanent Commission for Defence and Security was formed, the Angolan news agency reported.

    In the opening session of the commission, Angolan Minister of Defence Kundi Paihama called for an increase in military pressure on UNITA rebels in order to force their leader Jonas Savimbi to accept dialogue. According to the minister, UNITA was currently undergoing one of the most difficult moments in its existence. Since the beginning of the year, he said, the national army had captured 1,758 rebels and freed 82,428 civilians who had been kept captive.

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