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Sirte agreement "complementary" - Chiluba

[Liberia] George Weah, a former international football star, is hoping to stand as a candidate in Liberia's presidential elections on 11 October 2005. UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador George Weah waves to children gathered outside the Monrovia Demonstration El UNICEF
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    The recent ceasefire agreement signed in Sirte, was only "complementary" to the Lusaka-brokered peace process and "amounts to nothing," Zambian president Frederick Chiluba told journalists in Kigali on Friday.

    Terming the SADC-supported process, which he leads, the "real" one, Chiluba said "we believe that what happened [in Sirte] could assist us and will be complementary to the main efforts we've been making". Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and the DRC's Laurent-Desire Kabila signed the Libya-brokered agreement on 18 April.

    Press reports said Chiluba and his host president Pasteur Bizimungu commended Chad's move to withdraw from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) but said they awaited its
    "implementation". Chiluba was in Kigali for a day's visit to discuss the Congo crisis.

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