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Border cooperation agreed

    JOHANNESBURG

    A Zambia-Angola Joint Permanent Commission on defence and security has resolved to improve communication and coordination between the two countries to reduce tensions along their common border.

    The commission, which met last week in Lusaka, agreed to establish permanent communication links between the regional commanders and security chiefs in the Angolan provinces of Moxico and Cuando-Cubango, with their counterparts in Northwestern and Western Zambia, ‘The Post’ newspaper reported on Wednesday.

    The commission also appointed a technical committee to investigate incidents of border incursions. Zambia has accused Angolan troops of harassing Zambian villagers in military operations aimed at flushing out UNITA rebels in the border region.

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