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Annan to arrive for talks

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    UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his wife Nane Annan were due to arrive in Kigali on Monday evening for a two-day visit with government officials, Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation Andre Bumaya told Rwanda News Agency (RNA) on Monday. Annan, who would be arriving from Kisangani in northeastern DRC, will hold separate talks with President Paul Kagame, Prime Minister Bernard Makuza, Speaker of Parliament Vincent Biruta and members of civil society. According to RNA, Annan and Kagame are expected to discuss the DRC peace process, including disarmament of “negative forces” (armed non-signatories to the Lusaka peace agreement) in the DRC, as well as the relationship between the UN and the Rwandan government. Meanwhile, Nane Annan is scheduled to hold separate talks with Rwandan First Lady Janet Kagame regarding the issues of HIV/AIDS and women’s literacy.

    RNA recalled that relations between the UN and Rwanda soured in 1994 when an estimated one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred despite the knowledge of the UN and the international community. During a previous visit to Rwanda in 1998, Rwandan government officials shunned a dinner hosted by Annan.

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