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No peace without enemy pullout, minister says

    NAIROBI
    Speaking ahead of Holbrooke's arrival, DRC Foreign Minister Yerodia Abdoulaye Ndombasi said his country was in favour of the Lusaka accord, but demanded the prior withdrawal of "occupation troops". "Nothing, absolutely nothing can be accomplished in terms of peace and in accordance with the Lusaka accord if the main contradiction is not resolved - that is to say if the Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi occupation troops of aggression do not immediately and unconditionally withdraw from our country," Ndombasi said in a speech broadcast by state television on Friday.

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