Ivory Coast's power-sharing cabinet met for the first time in more than four months on Monday, getting the country's fragile peace process back on track after a boycott by rebel and opposition members. Rebel leader Guillaume Soro and two opposition ministers sacked by President Laurent Gbagbo took part in the meeting and agreed on an "accelerated" work schedule to catch up after the long period of suspension. "The meeting went very, very well and it gave hope for the future of the reconciliation process," Soro told reporters on the steps of the presidential palace in the main city, Abidjan. "The time has come for us to start working for Ivory Coast, to work for our country and get things moving," said Soro, who was reinstated as communications minister. The world's top cocoa grower has been divided into a government-controlled south and rebel-held north since a civil war lasting more than seven months grew out of a failed coup against Gbagbo in Sept. 2002. The country has effectively been without government since the end of March, when opposition and rebel ministers walked out in protest after a crackdown by security forces on a banned opposition rally in which some 120 people were killed. --More 2243 Local Time 1943 GMT
