아프리카 연맹의장인 자카야 키크웨테 탄자니아 대통령은 27일 케냐의 수도 나이로비에서 케냐의 각 정파들과 회담을 갖습니다.
키크웨테 의장은 케냐의 므와이 키바키 대통령과 야당 지도자인 라일라 오딩가씨를 각각 만나 케냐의 정국불안을 타개할 방안을 모색할 예정입니다.
앞서 지난 26일 코피 아난 전 유엔 사무총장은 케냐 정치권의 화해와 협력을 위한 협상을 중단한다고 선언했습니다. 아난 전 사무총장은 케냐의 여야 지도자들이 양보할 뜻을 보이지 않고 있어 협상을 잠정 중단할 수밖에 없게 됐다고 밝혔습니다.
The chairman of the African Union, Tanzania's president, Jakaya Kikwete, is in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, today (Wednesday) for talks with Kenya's feuding political factions.
Mr. Kikwete is expected to meet separately with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga (of the Orange Democratic Movement) in an attempt to break the nation's post-election deadlock.
On Tuesday, former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, the chief mediator in the crisis talks, suspended negotiations aimed at ending the impasse.
Mr. Annan said the government and the opposition were, in his words, "turning in circles," and he said he believed it was important to temporarily stop the talks.
Kenya's rival factions have agreed in principle to a power-sharing deal that would create the post of prime minister -- a key opposition demand. But they have not reached an agreement on the prime minister's powers.
Kenya's opposition has threatened to hold nationwide demonstrations Thursday if the political deadlock continues.