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Kabila discusses peace progress with Gaddafi

    NAIROBI
    President Kabila left Libya on Tuesday after two days of talks with President Muammar Gaddafi on bilateral relations and issues of common interest, especially oil production and Libya's peace initiative for the Great Lakes region, Libyan media reported. "I came to hold consultations on the Sirte agreement for peace in DRC...and assess the peace process within the framework of this agreement. We have noticed positive developments in this direction", the Libyan news agency Jana on Tuesday quoted Kabila as saying. Gaddafi's mediation led to a preliminary peace deal between Kabila and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (also signed by the presidents of Chad and Eritrea) in the Libyan city of Sirte on 18 April, which called for the withdrawal of foreign forces from the DRC.

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