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France suggests regional peace conference

    NAIROBI
    France has again mooted the idea of a Great Lakes conference, envisaged during the Africa-France summit last December, which “should be able to examine all the key issues for peace, the security of borders, democracy and development”. Josselin, currently on a tour of the Great Lakes region to underline his country’s commitment to the Lusaka peace process, said he was convinced a Great Lakes conference would take place because the need had been confirmed by all who had studied the issue. He was hopeful it could take place, possibly in Nairobi, “within a reasonable time frame”, a press release received by IRIN on Friday stated. While there had been a consensus in favour of such a conference at the December summit, and it had the support of other European countries and the US, the final decision was up to Africans themselves, Josselin added.

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