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Museveni in Sudan for LRA talks LRA rebels meet Uganda's Museveni
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has begun a day-long meeting in southern Sudan where peace talks with the rebel Lord's Resistance Army have stalled. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has met negotiators from the rebel Lord's Resistance Army for the first time in an effort to revive stalled talks.
Mr Museveni was meeting southern Sudanese mediators at the talks in Juba - but not LRA rebels. Mr Museveni met with LRA officials for 30 minutes in southern Sudan's parliament building, reports say.
Talks began in July to try to end the 20-year conflict in northern Uganda. Negotiations began in July to try to end the violent 20-year conflict in northern Uganda.
Both the government and the rebels have blamed each other for the impasse and for recent clashes which have broken the terms of the current truce. Both the government and the rebels have blamed each other for recent clashes which have broken the current truce.
Rebels 'ignored' High security
LRA negotiators made no comment as they left the meeting with Mr Museveni in southern Sudan's parliament building.
But speaking to the parliament after the talks, Mr Museveni referred to the "unserious" LRA, reports the Reuters news agency.
Mr Museveni flew into Juba amid high security.Mr Museveni flew into Juba amid high security.
The airport was closed and helicopter gunships circled overhead as the president landed to be met by south Sudanese President Salva Kiir.The airport was closed and helicopter gunships circled overhead as the president landed to be met by south Sudanese President Salva Kiir.
Mr Museveni made no comment. The killing of 38 civilians in southern Sudan earlier this week has cast a long shadow over the Juba peace talks, says our correspondent there, Jonah Fisher.
An LRA spokesman said the rebels would not meet Mr Museveni as they had been ignored by his aides. Women and children were among the victims shot in the head before their vehicles were set on fire.
"We have decided not to go and meet him because we do not feature in the official programme," Godfrey Aywo was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. The LRA has denied carrying out the attack, but our correspondent says after a period of calm there is fear the rebels have returned to their brutal ways.
Both sides have traded accusations over recent clashes. Ceasefire violations
Rebels say the Ugandan army attacked their militiamen as they went to designated assembly camps in southern Sudan. For nearly 20 years the LRA has been attacking civilians and abducting children in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
President Museveni has indicated the clashes involved the LRA and a local Sudanese militia force. Their leader, Joseph Kony, says he wants to rule Uganda according to the Bible's 10 commandments.
The LRA meanwhile says it has withdrawn its forces from the assembly camps until Ugandan soldiers in the area are moved away. LRA fighters were supposed to be gathering at two points in southern Sudan in return for amnesty from the Ugandan government.
The cessation of hostilities agreement signed by both sides at the peace talks had recently been extended after a monitoring group had found that both the LRA and the Ugandan government had so far failed to honour its terms. Mr Kony's army fought the Ugandan government for almost two decadesBut the Ugandan military violated the agreement by moving troops toward the sites. Fearing an attack the rebels withdrew from the assembly camps.
The LRA had been given more time to assemble at two points in southern Sudan in return for amnesty from the Ugandan government. Charges of war crimes from the International Criminal Court for Mr Kony and four other rebel commanders have also been a sticking point.
But the gathering of the LRA fighters appears to be a sticking point in the peace process to end the war which has left tens of thousands of people dead and more than one-and-a-half million displaced. The rebels want the indictments dropped before agreeing to any peace deal.
Kampala says it will not consider amnesty for the men until a peace agreement is reached.