USA-Rwanda-Democratic Republic Of The Congo: President Joseph Kabila Of The Droc With Colin Powell

Record ID: 4189

  • Title: USA-Rwanda-Democratic Republic Of The Congo: President Joseph Kabila Of The Droc With Colin Powell
  • Date: 1st February 2000
  • Summary: New Congolese President Joseph Kabila has held his first talks with the United States since assuming the role of his assassinated father, meeting with US Secretary of State Colin Powell in the State Department. Joseph Kabila denied to reporters on February 1, 2000 that he had met with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, his key adversary in the Democratic Republic of Congo's six-nation conflict, but a senior State Department official told Reuters that in fact the two had met twice during the day. Kabila said he wanted to kick-start the Lusaka cease-fire accord of 1999, which has been repeatedly violated by pro- and anti-government forces in the region. Kagame's troops have been fighting government forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a six-nation war, despite the 1999 peace accord. The situation in central Africa remains tense with troops from Uganda and Rwanda on the DRC's eastern border continually straying into Congolese territory, the Rwandan government supports anti-government rebels in the region.
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  • Location: USA WASHINGTON DC
  • Reuters ID: LDL0012CT297J
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