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Rwanda says meeting with Kabila is "in line with Lusaka"

    NAIROBI

    No side deals were cut at a weekend meeting between Presidents Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Laurent-Desire Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It was the first meeting between the two leaders since the current war started on 2 August 1998.

    "There were no deals cut as some people would want to believe, the discussions centred around the problem of ex-FAR (Forces armees Rwandaises) and Interahamwe militia and the release of prisoners of war which forms part of the Lusaka agreement," Rwanda's Presidential advisor Theogene Rudasingwa told IRIN. The meeting was held in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret. Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi was present as mediator.

    Kabila told state television that the Kenyan meeting was not a guarantee of peace in his country. Rwandan radio quoted Kagame as saying that Kabila had pledged to cooperate "in solving the problem of Interahamwe and ex-FAR currently in the DRC bent on destabilising Rwanda".

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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