APPEAL FOR PEACE IN BURUNDI

VATICAN CITY, AUG 30, 2000 (VIS) - At the end of today's general audience in St. Peter's Square, the Pope made an appeal for peace in Burundi:

"Last Monday, August 28, in Arusha, Tanzania, a first and partial agreement for peace in the beloved nation of Burundi was signed, after seven senseless years of civil war.

"I invite you to pray that the people's desire for reconciliation be accepted by all the parties concerned as well as by neighboring States, and that a stable and lasting peace may soon be reached to the benefit of the whole region of the Great Lakes."

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