NAIROBI—Kenya's feuding political parties have agreed to write a new constitution within the year to solve the country's post-election crisis, a government negotiator said on Thursday.
"Both parties reached agreement on a wide-ranging sphere of issues affecting the country ... among them being to write a new constitution within a year," Mutula Kilonzo told Reuters.
However, he said the two sides had yet to strike a deal on the major outstanding issue—the structure of the government during that period.
Opposition officials were not immediately available for comment.
Kilonzo said the parties also agreed on "serious constitutional, legal and institutional reforms" in a four-page document, but gave no further details
The two sides are expected to resume talks adjourned this weekend on Monday.
Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan is spearheading mediation efforts to end turmoil triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election, which has killed at least 1,000 people in one of the nation's darkest moments since independence.
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