The World - News from May 4, 1986

The Contadora Group announced it will hold a new round of talks with Central American diplomats May 16-18 in a move to salvage a regional peace treaty before a self-imposed June 6 deadline. Deputy foreign ministers of the Contadora Group, made up of Mexico, Panama, Venezuela and Colombia, made the decision at two-day conference in Panama City. “We hope the negotiating process ends and the treaty is signed June 6,” said Colombian Deputy Foreign Minister Guillermo Fernandez de Soto. The two issues remaining to be settled are international military maneuvers and arms reductions.