Uganda has said it cannot rule out the reimposition of regional sanctions on Burundi if there are further delays in signing a peace accord. Uganda’s foreign affairs minister in charge of regional cooperation, Amama Mbabazi, said his country was fully behind the facilitator, Nelson Mandela’s efforts to come up with a negotiated settlement to the Burundi conflict. “It is not in the interest of any party to continue fighting,” he told IRIN. “I cannot rule out the option of imposing sanctions again if the region concludes that the peace process is being deliberately obstructed.” Uganda has been chairing a regional peace initiative for Burundi, and was instrumental in imposing sanctions in 1996 after the coup that brought President Pierre Buyoya to power.[For more information see “IRIN Focus on signing the peace accord” of 4 August]
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