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Zambia broke diplomatic protocols - Angolan FM

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    Angola has accused Zambia of breaking diplomatic protocols by publicly announcing that two Angolan bombs were dropped on Zambian territory, news reports said on Wednesday.

    “We are not sure that’s entirely what happened,” Angolan Foreign Minister Joao Pedro told AFP. Meanwhile, on Tuesday Angolan Defence Ministry spokesman Bravo da Rosa Kamaca was quoted by the Portuguese news agency ‘LUSA’ as saying that the “information was not correct”.
    Pedro said Zambia should have consulted with a bilateral security and defence commission before making any public statements. “We have already reached an agreement on mechanisms to study all such problems,” Pedro said.

    Zambian Home Affairs Minister Peter Machungwa said on Tuesday that two Angolan bombs had exploded on Monday in Jimbe, a rural town on the border with Angola, near an area controlled by the UNITA rebel movement.

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