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Regional summit slated for next week

    NAIROBI

    A regional heads of state summit to discuss the implementation of the Lusaka peace agreement is scheduled for 24 February in the Zambian capital Lusaka. "The tentative date communicated to us is 24 February," Patrick Mazimhaka, Rwandan Minister in the president's office told IRIN on Monday. "To us the sticking points are the massive violation of the Lusaka ceasefire agreement, negative talk exhibited both in the New York and
    Maputo meetings, the Security Council debate about the deployment of the peacekeeping force."

    Meanwhile, Uganda's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Amama Mbabazi told IRIN that the Joint Military Commission (JMC ), charged with overseeing the Lusaka accord, will meet at the end of the week and will be followed by a meeting of the political committee co-chaired by Uganda and Zimbabwe.

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