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Commanders seek rapid implementation of non-aggression pact

    NAIROBI

    The governments of the DRC and neighbouring Republic of Congo last week agreed to speed up implementation of their “non-aggression pact” signed in 1998, news agencies reported on Tuesday. The decision was announced following a meeting in Kinshasa between Republic of Congo army chief of staff Jacques-Yvon Ndolou and his DRC counterpart, Lt-General Sylvestre Lwecha, Radio Congo reported. The two army commanders agreed to set up an “evaluation and facilitation committee to promote good neighbourliness”, it added.

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