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Envoys pledge cooperation

    NAIROBI

    The new US and Belgian ambassadors have pledged to relaunch cooperation with Burundi, the Agence burundaise de presse (ABP) reported on Wednesday. In separate meetings with President Pierre Buyoya, the US envoy Mary Carlin said US $25 million had already been disbursed in humanitarian aid to Burundi, while the Belgian ambassador Jan Franz Mutton recalled that an agreement on cooperation in the justice sector was being finalised. "We
    shall accompany Burundi on the path to peace," he was quoted as saying.

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