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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9524
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/drc

EU urges all warring parties to hold immediate ceasefire - Endorsement of Kabila's call for peace conference

Brussels, 16/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - EU foreign ministers, meeting in Luxembourg on 15 October under the chairmanship of Luis Amado of Portugal, discussed the deteriorating situation in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, expressing great concern at the continuing violence and instability in some regions of the east, particularly North Kivu, the scene of violent clashes with militiamen led by rebel Tutsi General Laurent Nkunda. A statement from the Portuguese...

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