Angolan president holds security talks with his DRC counterpart
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- 11 Apr 2023
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Angolan President Joao Lourenco held a three-hour private meeting in Luanda on Saturday with his Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart, Felix Tshisekedi.
The talks came a day after the Angolan parliament approved a year-long deployment of up to 500 soldiers to the troubled eastern DRC.
But Luanda said the contingent would only be moved when it was certain that the right conditions existed in the cantonment areas.
"Today, a delegation of the ad hoc mechanism, which includes military officers, is visiting these areas to confirm that all is in order," said Francisco Furtado, Minister of State and head of military in the Angolan presidency.
The troops will help to maintain peace in areas held by the M23 rebel group. The militia resumed fighting at the end of 2021 and have conquered large swathes of territory in the DRC’s North Kivu province. Read More..
