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The leader of Renamo, the main opposition party in Mozambique, said today that reached by telephone consensus with the head of the Mozambican state, Filipe Nyusi on peace, but it did depend on the end of armed conflicts security guarantees.

"At the request of President (Philip) Nyusi, talked before yesterday (Wednesday 15) and yesterday (Thursday 16), about the political and military conflict in our country, we both come to understand that we to find the solution as Mozambique, "Dhlakama said in a conference call with reporters.Speaking from Gorongosa, in Sofala province, center of the country, where refugee since the end of last year, the leader of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) confirmed that the head of the Mozambican state has accepted the participation of international mediators in the negotiations between the main opposition party and the government to the end of the military conflict in the country."As you know, there were problems for the government, which did not want to hear about international mediation and Renamo insisted, based on the experience we have in the past, it is one of the points that I could discuss with him and I understand that it was necessary there was even international mediation, the European Union, South Africa and the Catholic Church, he just told me so, "said the opposition leader.According Dhlakama, the leader of the Mozambican state also agreed that the meeting between the two leaders will only be realized after the teams Renamo and government reach formal understanding on the issues that are to be subject to negotiation.

"When everything is cooked, we can already sponsor and abraçarmo us to avoid dececionar the people of Mozambique and the international community itself," said the leader of Renamo.

Asked by journalists about the possibility of an immediate ceasefire, Afonso Dhlakama considered complicated such a scenario, defending the need for security guarantees."Everything can be negotiated so there is quiet on the roads and in the families, I would, but I can not do, because it has implications ceasefire means what, we stop, you stop, someone is hidden there, you think you're we stopped, someone will catch you, will kill you, "said Dhlakama.Mozambican President said on Thursday that it will accept the presence of mediators in the negotiations between the government and Renamo, pointing an immediate end to the fighting as a priority."We accept that there is the intervention of such persons (mediators), but the important thing is that the role of these people help end the war in Mozambique to develop the country," Nyusi said, speaking at a rally in Maputo province, under the open presidency that performs this point the south.Mozambique has seen a worsening of the clashes between the Defense Forces and Security and the armed wing of Renamo, and mutual accusations of abductions and assassinations of militants on both sides.The main opposition party refuses to accept the results of the general elections in 2014, threatening to rule in six provinces where claims victory in the poll.