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Kabila calls for peace with Museveni

    NAIROBI

    A letter from President Laurent Desire-Kabila to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last week, which became the source of much media speculation, was “a personal message of peace” and contained an invitation for an intensification of dialogue on how to reach peace and enforce the Lusaka accord, news organisations reported on Monday. DRC Justice Minister Mwenze Kongolo reportedly told the independent Ugandan ‘Monitor’ newspaper that a bilateral meeting with Uganda would soon be held in Kinshasa, but there would be nothing of the kind with Rwanda “because it believed only in military force”.

    Regional analyst Richard Cornwell told IRIN on Monday there was “a very good chance” Kabila was trying to exploit a perceived rift between Uganda and Rwanda, in light of the damaging Kisangani clashes between their respective armies as well as apparently diverging strategic interests and policies.

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