U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
Briefer: Richard Boucher, Spokesman
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2000 -- 12:55 P.M.
(ON THE RECORD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)
Q: Same continent. Do you have any comment on the Congolese
government's decision to allow UN monitors to deploy, contrary to
their previous position which you were so critical of?
MR. BOUCHER: It is sort of -- there were two things said yesterday
which we think are mixed signals with regard to the position of the
Congolese government. We are seeking clarification of their position.
There was a statement by the Congolese Human Rights Minister that is
at odds with President Kabila's statement to the UN Secretary General,
the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy Abu Bakar that he will allow
UN military observers to deploy. We do think that the government
should support and continue to carry out the agreement and the
deployment will be a welcome action in that regard. We think the
Lusaka Accords remain the most viable means for achieving a just and
stable peace in the Congo.
(end transcript)
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