20 NOV 98 - 13:49

Guinea-Bissau: Portugal Encourages Moves Toward Elections

Lisbon, Nov. 20 (Lusa) - Senior Portuguese diplomat Luis Amado told a visiting Guinea-Bissau parliamentary delegation Friday it was imperative the West African country decide on an electoral calendar to fully implement its peace accord.

Amado, assistant secretary for cooperation and foreign affairs, said the longer it took to form a transitional "national unity" cabinet in Bissau "the more difficult it will be to carry out the electoral calendar."

Under the Nov. 2 peace agreement, presidential and legislative elections should be held simultaneously by March under the aegis of a transitional government.

Amado also said he told the four-member parliamentary delegation, composed of ruling party and opposition deputies, that Guinea-Bissau had "not been abandoned" by the international community.

He announced that a 130-ton shipment of Portuguese food aid was scheduled to arrive in Bissau at the weekend.

20 NOV 98 - 13:32

Guinea-Bissau: Joint Commission Meets to Prepare New Government

Bissau, Nov. 20 (Lusa) - The bipartisan commission overseeing Guinea-Bissau's peace process was meeting Friday to discuss the formation of a "national unity" cabinet to rule until elections which are to be held by March.

The Joint Commission, participants told Lusa, would debate government and rebel proposals for the new cabinet's structure, responsibilities and independence from President Nino Vieira. The meeting, the fourth since the commission was formed to implement the Nov. 2 peace accord, was scheduled amid mounting rumors that both warring sides were reinforcing positions in the capital with men and weapons. Lusa/end

20 NOV 98 - 10:20

Guinea-Bissau: Joint Commission to monitor implementation of ceasefire accord

Bissau, Nov 20 (Lusa) - Guinea-Bissau's Joint Commission said on Thursday it would monitor the implementation of the country's current ceasefire agreement.

The decision was made in the wake of a number of minor incidents on the frontline separating the warring factins in the conflict. The Joint Commission, which comprises representatives of the government and insurgent "Military Junta" of Guinea-Bissau, is part of the Abuja peace accord recently signed by the two sides.-Lusa

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