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Zimbabwe crisis talks 'adjourned' Zimbabwe crisis talks 'adjourned'
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Talks to solve Zimbabwe's political crisis will be briefly adjourned but will resume in a few days, South African President Thabo Mbeki said. Talks to solve Zimbabwe's political crisis will be briefly adjourned but will resume in a few days, South African leader Thabo Mbeki has said.
Mr Mbeki, who is lead mediator in the talks in Pretoria, said they had made good progress. Mr Mbeki, South Africa's president, is lead mediator in the talks in Pretoria, and said they had made good progress.
He said the adjournment was to allow negotiators to return to Zimbabwe to consult with their party leaders. The adjournment would allow negotiators to return to Zimbabwe to consult with their party leaders, he added.
Negotiations between Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF and the opposition MDC began last week. Negotiations between the ruling Zanu-PF and opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) began last week.
"The negotiators are negotiating. As you know they have been meeting here now for a number of days and they are continuing to do that. They (the talks) are doing very well," President Mbeki said. "They are adjourning for a number of days so that they could go back to Harare to consult with their principals and then come back," said Mr Mbeki.
"It's going very well. In the memorandum of understanding they said they will try to conclude negotiations within two weeks. They are very determined to keep to that commitment," he added.
Earlier, MDC sources had said that the talks were deadlocked over the allocation of key posts in a future power-sharing administration.
But Mr Mbeki did not say there was any deadlock.
The BBC's Peter Biles, in South Africa, says that the media blackout surrounding the talks is creating some confusion amongst analysts.
Our correspondent says Mr Mbeki is trying to portray the adjournment as a minor interruption.
Talks began last week after a rare meeting between Robert Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai, who both claimed victory in elections held earlier this year.