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Protagonists discuss government functioning

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    Guinea Bissau President Nino Vieira and Prime Minister-designate Francisco Fadul held talks in what news reports described as a “very cordial” meeting yesterday to discuss when the country’s government of national unity could begin functioning, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported.

    Fadul’s spokesman, Cherno Balde, said the prime minister-designate understood Vieira’s reasons for delaying the swearing-in of the government, the agency said. A date for the swearing-in will be given after the signing of a formal agreement on the deployment of ECOMOG peacekeepers and the withdrawal of Senegalese and Guinean troops backing Vieira against the rebel Military Junta. The accord on the government, announced on 30 January just hours before a renewed outbreak of fighting in the capital, is still in draft form.

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