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The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bernard Miyet, on a tour to prepare for the deployment of an observer force in the DRC, has ended a visit to Rwanda and was expected to arrive in Uganda on Tuesday. “Yes, the Under-Secretary-General briefed us on the deployment of the observer force,” Patrick Mazimhaka, Rwandan Presidency Minister, confirmed to IRIN on Tuesday. “At this stage the parties are renewing their commitment to the Lusaka agreement. There are concrete issues to discuss about the actual deployment of the force because there is no definite plan yet.”
Rwandan radio said Miyet promised to deal with the problem of the the Interahamwe militia “without going to war”. “It must be clear at this point: the UN forces will not engage in war operations,” Miyet said. “It has never been the case, it will not be the case. So, we will have to find solutions by which we treat...the problems of the Interahamwe. But you cannot expect that the UN forces will fight as proxies for anyone.”
Vice-President Paul Kagame on Monday held talks with a delegation of UN officials, led by Arnold Peter van Walsun, the Dutch ambassador to the UN. Rwandan radio said the talks centred on implementation of the Lusaka ceasefire accord. The delegation is visiting Kampala, Kigali and Kinshasa.
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