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Chiluba in pre-summit meet with Kabila

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    Zambian President Frederick Chiluba flew to Lubumbashi today (Thursday) in an attempt to secure direct talks between President Laurent-Desire Kabila and DRC rebels, Reuters reported. The dispatch quoted diplomats as saying Kabila still opposes face-to-face negotiations with the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) - a pre-condition the rebels had set for attending this weekend’s Lusaka peace summit. Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa insist that the Lusaka meeting can only make progress with the active participation of the RCD at the negotiating table. Meanwhile, regional defence and foreign ministers gathered in Lusaka today in preparation for the weekend summit. Zambian government officials said the ministerial talks today and tomorrow (Friday) would also involve officials from SADC, OAU and the United Nations, Reuters reported.

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