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Security “guarantees” reached at JMC

    NAIROBI

    Representatives of the warring parties pledged on Tuesday to guarantee the security of UN personnel deployed to the DRC under the Lusaka ceasefire accord, news agencies said. A statement released at the end of the two-day meeting of the Joint Military Commission (JMC) in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, said “written declarations of security guarantees” had been given by all the parties, including the DRC, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Rwanda and Uganda as well as rebels of the Mouvement de liberation congolais (MLC) and the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD), AFP reported.

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