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Agreement to implement Sirte accord

[ROC] The president of the Republic of Congo who is also the current head of the AU, Sassou Nguesso with the Chinese Prime Minister, M.Wen Jiabao at the Maya Maya international airport in Brazzaville. [Date picture taken: 06/19/2006] Laudes Martial Mbon/IRIN
Le président congolais Denis Sassou-Nguesso et le Premier ministre chinois Wen Jiabao (à gauche) à l'aéroport international Maya Maya de Brazzaville
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    DRC Justice Minister Mwenze Kongolo held talks in Kampala on Sunday with Ugandan State Minister for Foreign Affairs Amama Mbabazi, DRC television reported. It said the "marathon" talks ended with agreement on the "rapid" implementation of the Sirte accord, signed in Libya last month. They decided that a meeting of military experts and specialised services of the two countries would be organised as soon as possible. The team would draw up a plan for the withdrawal of Ugandan troops and the deployment of an intervention force at the border between the DRC and Uganda, the television reported. It said the Ugandan side expressed concern about DRC rebels "under its protection", but the DRC referred to the forthcoming national debate in which Congolese "are invited to make their views known".

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