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Lusaka summit postponement not down to Rwanda, minister says

    NAIROBI

    Meanwhile, Rwandan Foreign Minister Anastase Gasana denied his country was reponsible for the postponement of the Lusaka summit on the DRC conflict, due to have been held 27-28 December, the Rwanda News Agency (RNA) reported on Friday. Media reports had claimed Rwanda was unhappy about some of the clauses of a prospective peace deal between Kabila and the rebels. Gasana described the allegations as “lies”. “Even in Ougadougou [at the OAU meeting], I was ready to sign the deal on behalf of the Rwandan government, had it been concluded,” he said. Some reports say the Lusaka meeting was postponed because it was too close to Christmas and the New Year.

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