DoD News Briefing
Tuesday, December 7, 1999 - 10:45 a.m. EST
Presenter: Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen
Joint Media Availability with Minister of Defense Patrick Lekota, Republic of South Africa
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Q: There were recent reports that Kabila has acquired SCUD missiles from Iran. Does that fit with the information that you have, and is there a potential for an escalation in the conflict as a result of that?
Minister Lekota: We don't have information to that effect, whatever the speculation may be. The countries of our region principally Lamibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, which are very closely allied to Kabila, are signators to the agreement, and as far as we are concerned, other than limited participation in the recent tensions certainly on the part of Zimbabwe, there is no indication that they are not faithfully seeking to abide by the conditions of the agreement.
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