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Rwanda, Burundi urge greater cooperation

    NAIROBI

    Bizimungu and his Burundian counterpart Pierre Buyoya signed a joint communique at the end of the three-day visit on Saturday, Rwandan and Burundian media reports said.

    They called for greater cooperation and regular contacts between the two countries, in particular to address border problems. According to the Agence burundaise de presse (ABP), Bizimungu stressed that Burundi must be involved in peace efforts related to DRC.

    He noted that Burundian rebels were fighting in the Lubumbashi
    area of DRC, the agency added.

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