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Confusion over RCD participation in Lusaka

    NAIROBI

    DRC state TV said yesterday Kabila was to attend this weekend’s Lusaka summit on the Congo conflict. However, AP reported Wamba dia Wamba as insisting today that the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) would not be at the meeting unless they were assured of face-to-face negotiations with Kabila. Regional mediator, Zambian President Frederick Chiluba, said on Sunday that 12 countries are due to attend the summit.

    The South African newspaper ‘Business Day’ reported yesterday a government source as saying Chiluba postponed a meeting on Sunday with Deputy President Thabo Mbeki because he had failed to win agreement from Zimbabwe and DRC over rebel participation at the summit. The postponement “is a signal that the stalemate continues,” the source said.

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