GREAT LAKES: IRIN-CEA Update 1,049
DRC: Uganda, Rwanda react to new force
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda described the meeting as successful,
Ugandan radio reported. He explained that the neutral African force would
replace all foreign armies currently in the DRC and "regretted" that such
a force had not been provided by the UN. "The neutral force will be duty
bound to deal with the armed vagabonds who have been disturbing the region
from their sanctuaries in the Congo," Museveni was quoted as saying.
Rwanda commented that it had "repeatedly called on the international
community to provide cast-iron security guarantees" against cross-border
attacks by DRC-based militias. "Rwanda is committed to a complete
withdrawal from the DRC once these guarantees have been provided in
accordance with the Lusaka agreement," presidential press secretary
Nicholas Shalita said in a statement received by IRIN on Thursday.
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