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Talks aimed at achieving peace and stability between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda resumed on Thursday at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa.
South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma was facilitating the meeting, which is scheduled for one day, Zuma's office reported.
Conference officials were being tight-lipped about details, however, as the meeting was closed to the media, and no agenda or list of participants was available.
The talks are a continuation of discussions last week between presidents Joseph Kabila of the DRC and Paul Kagame of Rwanda, on the sidelines of the inaugural summit of the African Union in Durban, South Africa. Central to those discussions, brokered by South African President Thabo Mbeki, was the proposal to create a security zone along Rwanda’s border with the DRC to prevent incursions of Hutu rebels from the Congo into Rwanda.
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