U.N. Security Council ambassadors arrived in Burundi Thursday to push the Burundi government to open up serious talks with the opposition and accept peacekeepers.
UN Delegation Meets With Burundi Officials
![Burundi's first Vice President Gaston Sindimwo, third from right, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power take a photograph at his residence in Bujumbura, Jan. 22, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/925779AB-8CC0-422B-AFB6-9DD22A213F5E_cx0_cy13_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Burundi's first Vice President Gaston Sindimwo, third from right, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power take a photograph at his residence in Bujumbura, Jan. 22, 2016.
![Burundi's first Vice President Gaston Sindimwo addresses members of the United Nations Security Council, at his residence in Bujumbura, Jan. 22, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/32B8456F-247F-41CC-8BEF-8415B98F7319_cx0_cy9_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Burundi's first Vice President Gaston Sindimwo addresses members of the United Nations Security Council, at his residence in Bujumbura, Jan. 22, 2016.
![Members of the United Nations Security Council meet with Burundi's first Vice President Gaston Sindimwo in Bujumbura, Jan. 22, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4D63D5C2-2CE0-4910-8600-107D9791E72D_cx0_cy2_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Members of the United Nations Security Council meet with Burundi's first Vice President Gaston Sindimwo in Bujumbura, Jan. 22, 2016.