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UN welcomes demilitarisation plan

    NAIROBI

    In a separate statement received by IRIN on Thursday, MONUC welcomed the agreement by Ugandan and Rwandan army commanders to withdraw their troops from Kisangani. The agreement came into effect on Thursday. MONUC said the demilitarisation accord was reinforced by the acceptance of the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) to withdraw its own forces from Kisangani, in accordance with a document signed with MONUC Commander General Mountaga Diallo and the interim chairman of the Joint Military Commission (JMC), General Timothy Kazembe, in Goma on Monday. MONUC would now reinforce its presence in Kisangani, and it called on all parties to “scrupulously observe” the withdrawal calendar “in order to guarantee a return to normal life for the civilian population,” the statement said.

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