Namibian talks end
NZPA-Reuter Praia. Cape Verde Delegations from South Africa and Angola left yesterday after only three hours of talks on the conditions of peace along the Namibian (South-West Afi'icanj-Angolan border. Diplomatic sources said that the two sides had talked only about border hostilities and did not touch on the problem of Namibian inde-
pendence. But they had agreed to meet again soon. “The reason the talks did not produce more positive results was because of the weak South African representation.” said the Angolan Interior Minister, LieutenantColonel Alexandre Rodrigues. He went to Cape Verde but did not take part in the talks because South Africa had sent a low-level delegation
led by the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s director-general, Mr Hans van Dalsen. In an interview with the Portuguese news agency, Angop, Colonel Rodrigues said that his delegation had gone to the West African islands in the hope of speeding Namibian independence. He said in the Agcop interview that Angola would support a Zimbabwe-type solution for Namibia.
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