Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Friday he and his Zambian counterpart Frederick Chiluba had resolved a spat over charges that the Zambian leader was a biased mediator in efforts to end the war in Congo, the Web site 'News 24' reported.
Kagame said he had held frank talks with Chiluba and resolved a number of issues - including allegations that Zambia favoured the Kinshasa government - that had led to his boycott of a Congo peace summit in Lusaka last month. Kagame's objections also related to the failure by Lusaka to hand over alleged commanders of Rwandan Hutu rebels that fled into Zambia to escape fighting in Congo late last year. They were instead returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"The air has been cleared over the matter. That is all I can say at the moment. Rwanda will remain committed to the implementation of the Lusaka Peace Agreement and I am happy with the progress so far made," Kagame told reporters in Lusaka.
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