The mini-summit of heads of State of the Great Lakes region which was to be held in the city of Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu this weekend, is postponed indefinitely, announced. Sunday, September 13, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marie Tumba Nzeza, received by a foreign radio, noted the ACP.
This postponement would follow, according to some sources, the fact that some leaders are concerned about the preparation of their participation in the General Assembly of the United Nations which is to be held from Tuesday, September 15 in New York, in the United States.
The new Burundian President, General Evariste Ndayishimiye, had already declined this invitation to this mini-summit alongside the leaders of Angola, Uganda, the DRC and Rwanda, requesting bilateral discussions at the ministerial level with the Congo , he instructed his foreign minister to let the Congolese side know.
Yoweri Museveni from Uganda, Paul Kagame from Rwanda, Evariste Ndayishimiye from Burundi, João Lourenço from Angola and Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi from the DRC were expected for the meeting scheduled at the Serena Hotel.
This mini-summit would have aimed in particular to ease tensions between Uganda and Rwanda, on the one hand, and between Burundi and Rwanda on the other.
A strong distrust has been observed in recent months between Uganda and Rwanda.
These two countries accuse each other of espionage, interference and destabilization.
The same situation is observed in relations between Rwanda and Burundi. The latter accusing the former of supporting the rebels and espionage.
According to the ACP, this is yet another reconciliation summit in more than a year of crisis, facilitated by their Congolese and Angolan counterparts.
This mini-summit could therefore succeed in wresting an agreement between the countries of the sub-region in crisis.
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