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Chiluba consults with regional leaders

    NAIROBI

    Zambian President Frederick Chiluba on Wednesday said he was trying to arrange a "summit of disengagement" for the countries involved in the DRC conflict, news agencies reported. Speaking to reporters in Lusaka after returning from the Europe-Africa meeting in Egypt, Chiluba said ceasefire violations in the DRC had become "the rule rather than the exception".

    Chiluba, a key mediator in the conflict, said that he had consulted with the leaders of the DRC, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Mozambique while in Egypt to seek fresh pledges on ending the conflict, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, Chiluba held talks with acting Rwandan president Paul Kagame in Kigali on Wednesday to discuss implementation of the Lusaka peace accord,
    Radio Rwanda reported.

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