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Kabila meets Chiluba in Zambia

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    President Laurent-Desire Kabila on Friday travelled to the Zambian town of Ndola to hold urgent talks with President Frederick Chiluba, news agencies said. Reuters said the two presidents discussed Zambia’s decision to cut fuel supplies to southern parts of the DRC and a parallel move to curtail flights to the DRC across Zambian airspace. Zambia is the only route for petrol supplies to southern Congo, including Lubumbashi, which was already reported to be facing fuel shortages, Reuters said. After the meeting, Kabila flew to Lubumbashi, where he told state radio that his meeting with Chiluba focused on the problems and “misunderstandings” prevailing between Zambia and Angola.

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