Museveni, Kabila Agree
Nov 25, 2002
President Yoweri Museveni and his Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart, Joseph Kabila, have vowed to work together to keep the guns silent in the Great Lakes Region and rejuvenate their relations.
By Alfred Wasike
President Yoweri Museveni and his Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart, Joseph Kabila, have vowed to work together to keep the guns silent in the Great Lakes Region and rejuvenate their relations.
Museveni and Kabila were attending a special two-day tripartite summit called by Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa in Tanzania’s Indian Ocean coastal city of Dar-es-Salaam. The meeting was aimed at resolving differences between the two leaders. Museveni returned yesterday.
“President Museveni and Joseph Kabila held discussions centred on the Great Lakes Region and on the peace process in the DRC,†Museveni’s press secretary, Mary Karooro Okurut, said yesterday.
“Their Excellencies also reviewed the Luanda Agreement and reaffirmed their commitment to all the terms therein,†she said.
On September 6, 2002, Museveni and Kabila ratified an accord brokered by Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos in the Angolan capital of Luanda that provided for the withdrawal of Ugandan troops from the DRC.
Uganda honoured the deal and withdrew its troops except a few at the request of the United Nations.
The Uganda-DRC deal came a month after Kabila and his Rwandan colleague, Paul Kagame, signed another pact in the South African capital, Pretoria. Rwanda has also withdrawn most of her troops.
Museveni and Kabila thanked their colleague, Mkapa, for inviting them and “pledged to tirelessly work together in the search for peace in the Great Lakes Region as a basis for social and economic development.â€
“The two leaders expressed their readiness to launch the Ituri Pacification Committee (IPC) after consultations with their stakeholders,†Okurut added.
Earlier last month, Uganda and the DRC set up the IPC to establish peace in the war-torn Ituri and along the countries’ common border.
The IPC would also monitor the Rwenzori Mountain ranges and it was to fill in the vacuum after the withdrawal of Ugandan troops.
The Museveni-Mkapa-Kabila summit comes only a day after the government and rebels in the DRC adjourned peace talks in Pretoria.
Civil war in DRC broke out in 1998 with an attempt to topple then President Laurent Kabila. It sucked in seven other African nations.
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President Yoweri Museveni and his Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart, Joseph Kabila, have vowed to work together to keep the guns silent in the Great Lakes Region and rejuvenate their relations.
Museveni and Kabila were attending a special two-day tripartite summit called by Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa in Tanzania’s Indian Ocean coastal city of Dar-es-Salaam. The meeting was aimed at resolving differences between the two leaders. Museveni returned yesterday.
“President Museveni and Joseph Kabila held discussions centred on the Great Lakes Region and on the peace process in the DRC,†Museveni’s press secretary, Mary Karooro Okurut, said yesterday.
“Their Excellencies also reviewed the Luanda Agreement and reaffirmed their commitment to all the terms therein,†she said.
On September 6, 2002, Museveni and Kabila ratified an accord brokered by Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos in the Angolan capital of Luanda that provided for the withdrawal of Ugandan troops from the DRC.
Uganda honoured the deal and withdrew its troops except a few at the request of the United Nations.
The Uganda-DRC deal came a month after Kabila and his Rwandan colleague, Paul Kagame, signed another pact in the South African capital, Pretoria. Rwanda has also withdrawn most of her troops.
Museveni and Kabila thanked their colleague, Mkapa, for inviting them and “pledged to tirelessly work together in the search for peace in the Great Lakes Region as a basis for social and economic development.â€
“The two leaders expressed their readiness to launch the Ituri Pacification Committee (IPC) after consultations with their stakeholders,†Okurut added.
Earlier last month, Uganda and the DRC set up the IPC to establish peace in the war-torn Ituri and along the countries’ common border.
The IPC would also monitor the Rwenzori Mountain ranges and it was to fill in the vacuum after the withdrawal of Ugandan troops.
The Museveni-Mkapa-Kabila summit comes only a day after the government and rebels in the DRC adjourned peace talks in Pretoria.
Civil war in DRC broke out in 1998 with an attempt to topple then President Laurent Kabila. It sucked in seven other African nations.
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