Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, held, this Saturday afternoon, in Addis Ababa, separate meetings with his counterparts from Rwanda, Paul Kagame, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, on the sidelines of the 37th African Union (AU) summit.
Shortly before, João Lourenço also interviewed the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Aby Ahmed, as host of the 37th ordinary AU summit that opened on the same day.
These meetings come 24 hours after the holding, also in the Ethiopian capital, of an extraordinary summit on the situation in eastern DRC with the participation of nine heads of state, including Paul Kagameh and Félix Tshisekedi.
The high-level meeting was convened by the Angolan Head of State in his capacity as AU mediator in the conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda and as part of diplomatic efforts to relaunch the peace process in eastern DRC.
On the occasion, João Lourenço clarified that he decided to invite the African heads of State and Government to this meeting “in an attempt to see if we can get the DRC pacification process on track”.
He highlighted that this process was very close to achieving progress, at least in relation to one of the negative forces acting in the DRC, namely the M23, but which regrettably registered a major setback.
Currently, the peace process in the DRC is described as being in an “explosive phase, with the resumption and worsening of military confrontations between government forces and the M23 rebels (23 March Movement).
The work of the 37th African Union summit runs until Sunday.
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