Africa-Press – Angola. The first vice-president of the parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo, André Mbata, thanked, this Monday, Angola’s support, dedication and commitment in the process of pacification in the eastern region.
André Mbata, who was speaking to the Angolan press at the end of a meeting with the President of the National Assembly, Carolina Cerqueira, said that Angolan support is being essential for the process of pacification in the east of his country, highlighting the direct intervention of President João Lawrence.
The official also expressed satisfaction with the fact that Angola was sending a military contingent to ensure the supervision of the process of cantonment of the M23 soldiers, as well as the safety of the local populations.
“Angola is demonstrating that it is really with the people of the DRC, it is really concerned about peace in the DRC. And this demonstration, made with actions, satisfies the desires of the Congolese people, because it will help to pacify the eastern region”, he said.
Angola announced, on Saturday, 11, the sending of a unit of the Support Contingent for Peacekeeping Operations of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The information released on the official page of the Presidency of the Republic, on the social network Facebook, adds that the unit’s main objective is to secure the areas where the elements of the M23 cantonment and protect the members of the Ad Hoc Verification Mechanism.
Angola took the initiative to inform the leaders of the region about this concert, within the framework of coordination between the Luanda and Nairobi Processes, as well as the United Nations, African Union and the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC).
The deployment of the FAA Peacekeeping Support Contingent unit is part of the decisions taken by the different mini-summits on the peace and security process in the DRC, in accordance with Angola’s responsibilities as a mediator.
It should be recalled that the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, chairs the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (CIRGL) and is also the African Union (AU) mediator in the crisis between Rwanda and the DRC.
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