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Belgian ministers cancel visit

    NAIROBI

    Two members of the Belgian cabinet have called off a visit to the DRC following the recall of the Congolese ambassador in Brussels over a Belgian court’s decision to issue an international arrest warrant for the DRC foreign minister, Yerodia Abdoulaye Ndombasi, on charges of inciting ethnic hatred.

    A foreign ministry spokesman told IRIN on Wednesday that the two ministers, Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, president of the Flemish regional government, and his francophone counterpart, Hervé Hasquin, had cancelled the trip because they felt that “there are no longer the conditions conducive to the success of their mission”.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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