The Summit of Heads of State of the DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Angola opens this Sunday, September 20 in Goma, capital of North Kivu province. Before this meeting, experts from five countries will start starting this Friday, September 18, the work to prepare for this big meeting.
These experts will prepare the documents in relation to the items on the agenda of work, in this case peace and security in the region, political and diplomatic relations between these States and the revival of economic activities in the context of fighting against the covid-19.
Ministers, on their part, will scrutinize the report of these experts. As for the DRC, the Deputy Pemier Minister of the Interior, the Minister of State in charge of Foreign Affairs, his colleague for International and Regional Cooperation, the Minister of National Defence and the Minister of Foreign Trade have already formed the elements of the files on the position of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Unclear presence of Burundi
If the Heads of State of Rwanda, Uganda and Angola are almost certain. It is not yet clear whether Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye will be present or represented. In recent days, a document from the Burundian Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggested a bilateral meeting between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi to be agreed through diplomatic channels.
This high-level meeting, which will take place one-on-one and not by videoconference, will take place in strict respect of barrier gestures. Each participating country has already submitted its protocol to prevent the spread of the disease.
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