President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo has been staying since evening of Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in Congo-Brazzaville. President Tshisekedi moved alone, without the Foreign Minister or any other member of the government.
According to the presidential press, the head of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo-Brazzaville travelled to Congo as part of a 24 hour work stay.
On the same Wednesday when he arrived, he was welcomed by his Congolese counterpart Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Right afterwards, both heads of state had one-on-one exchanges.
Although nothing has officially filtered the content of exchanges between the two personalities yet, it should be noted that this meeting takes place in a particular context characterized by the covid-19 pandemic, which is taking place in several countries around the world, including both Congo.
According to some diplomatic sources, the two heads of state spoke about the coronavirus pandemic and mentioned in particular the upcoming reopening of borders between the two countries, closed for about a quarter as part of the state of health emergency declared in the Worldwide.
According to the same sources, Félix Tshisekedi and Denis Sassou-Nguesso also mentioned the border dispute between the DRC and Zambia. For months now, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been denouncing the presence, in its territory of the Zambian army.
It should also be reminded that this is already the second trip of the head of state Félix Tshisekedi during this coronavirus health crisis. The first was the one in Belgium at the beginning of July.
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