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DRC: RCD-Goma says government blocking progress on transition talks
KINSHASA, 22 May 2003 (IRIN) - The rebel group Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD- GOMA) told IRIN on Thursday that it was temporarily withdrwing its delegation from talks in Kinshasa on the formation of a transitional government and institutions, claiming the government was blocking progress on one key issue.
"We will return to our base in Goma to report on the situation and to discuss our next steps," Joseph Mudumbi, an RCD-Goma official, said shortly before leaving Kinshasa.
He claimed that the government, together with the rebel group Movement pour la liberation du Congo (MLC), was refusing to accept a proposal made during peace negotiations to end the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that RCD-Goma should nominate the commander of a reunified army.
Under the terms of a peace accord reached on 2 April 2003, parties to the conflict agreed to form a national follow-up committee to decide the details of a two-year transitional period.
Theme(s): (IRIN) Governance
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