Addis Ababa, Aug. 9 (SUNA) - The African Union High-Level Implementation Panel, chaired by Thabo Mbeki, has begun consultative meetings with the roadmap's signatory parties, separately. The African mechanism has held consultations with the government delegation on the negotiation process and continued its meetings with the other signatory parties prior to commencing the direct negotiation on the cessation of hostilities. The people's movement has expressed its readiness for negotiation with the government delegation on the issues of cease-fire and delivery of humanitarian aid.