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Clinton wants to support UN force

    NAIROBI

    President Bill Clinton on Thursday said the US would support a
    peacekeeping operation in the DRC, news agencies reported. "I have told our Congress that America intends to do its part by supporting the next phase of the UN's peacekeeping operation in the Congo," Clinton said at the opening of a national summit on Africa in Washington. He said African countries had taken the lead in finding a solution to the DRC conflict. "They are not asking us to solve their problems or to deploy our military.
    All they have asked is that we support their own efforts to build peace, and to make it last," Clinton was quoting as saying. "Peace will not happen overnight. It will require steady commitment from the parties and the unwavering support of the international community," he added.

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