LUANDA. May 4: The United Nations and the Angolan government on Wednesday signed an agreement on the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in Angola to bring an end to two decades of civil war. reports AFP.

The accord, signed by Territorial Administration Minister! Jose Anibal Rocha and UN special envoy Alioune Blondin Beye. comes two days ahead of a planned meeting between President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos and his rival Jonas Savimbi.

The government has agreed to provide assistance necessary to the UN Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM HI), while _ the United Nations undertook ' to respect national sovereignty during the mission of Its troops.