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Nairobi confirmed as possible talks venue

    NAIROBI

    Kenyan Foreign Minister Bonaya Godana has confirmed that Nairobi is a possible venue for inter-Congolese peace talks. Interviewed by IRIN on Friday, he said the Kenyan capital "is available, and we want to see an end to the problem, but the idea at this stage is not of some sort of mediation, but to get all the Congolese stakeholders together".

    DRC Information Minister Didier Mumengi announced earlier this week that inter-Congolese discussions would be held in Rome on 30 April, under the mediation of the Catholic Sant'Egidio community, and would be concluded in Nairobi. Rebels of the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) have said they are not opposed to the idea of talks, but certain conditions have to be met first. Godana added that "nothing is yet
    concretised in terms of a definite commitment to talks by a certain date".

    However, ideas, "maybe even timeframes", had been proposed, he said.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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