PERU: LIMA: PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI FLIES TO CANADA FOR TALKS

Описание: (31 Jan 1997) Natural Sound


Peru's President Alberto Fujimori has flown to Canada for a weekend summit with Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto that could renew negotiations to free the 72 hostages held in Lima by Tupac Amaru rebels.

Fujimori's own younger brother Pedro is among the captives.

Before leaving, he summoned 43 relatives of other hostages at the government's palace to assure them he was working toward a peaceful end to the standoff.

Peru's President took off for his weekend meeting with his Japanese counterpart in Canada.

Alberto Fujimori will hold talks with Ryaturo Hashimoto in Toronto
on Saturday.

Negotiations are stalled over the rebels' demand that Fujimori release at least 300 imprisoned guerrillas.

Hashimoto had expressed concern this week about bold Peruvian police manoeuvres that provoked rebel gunfire from the ambassador's residence.

Two mediators - Canadian Ambassador Anthony Vincent and Catholic
archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani - will accompany Fujimori.

Before leaving for the summit in Canada, he briefed the 43 relatives of other hostages at the government's palace about the trip's aims.

He assured the relatives he was working toward a peaceful end to the standoff and told them he knew what they were going through.

Fujimori's own younger brother Pedro is among the captives.

Tupac Amaru leader Nestor Cerpa seized the Japanese ambassador's mansion on December 17, initially taking more than 500 hostages.

Meanwhile police continued their hunt Thursday for a small band of leftist rebels thought to be acting as a liaison between guerrillas holding the 72 hostages in Lima and their comrades in the remote jungle.

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