DAKAR (Reuters) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday he was "fairly satisfied" with talks with President Robert Mugabe's party to end a political crisis, and said a Monday, August 4 deadline was "not inflexible".
Tsvangirai, engaged in a bitter struggle with Mugabe sincea presidential election in March in which the opposition leadersays he was cheated of victory, said talks would resume asplanned on Sunday with Mugabe's ZANU-PF party.
"I am fairly satisfied, but there are, like in anynegotiations, sticking points that need to be unravelled,"Tsvangirai told reporters in Dakar after meeting SenegalesePresident Abdoulaye Wade.
The talks began in South Africa last week but wereadjourned on Tuesday. A framework for the talks signed on July21 committed both sides to concluding negotiations by August 4.
"Two weeks may appear too short, but it is not inflexibleand I am sure that the facilitation will adjust as progressmoves forward," he said. South Africa has taken a lead inmediation between the opposing camps in Zimbabwe.
(Reporting by David Lewis; editing by Alistair Thomson)
