Ivory Coast's Ouattara rejects Gbagbo talks offer

Ivory Coast's Alassane Ouattara rejected an offer from his bitter rival to negotiate a resolution to the country's political crisis.
Earlier today incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and Ouattara agreed on a face-fo-face meeting to try to resolve the election crisis.

This morning Kenya's prime minister Raila Odinga: "We have broken the ice. Gbagbo and Quattara have agreed to meet face to face but under certain conditions,"  
Odinga spoke shortly before African mediators were to debrief Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria's president and current leader of regional bloc ECOWAS, on their mission to the Ivory Coast the day before.

[related-articles]Odinga was part of a four-member African delegation that held talks with the rival leaders in Abidjan on Monday.

"We had useful discussions with the parties in Ivory Coast. It was a useful beginning. More efforts have to be made to achieve peace in Ivory Coast," Odinga said.
source: Reuters