Luanda - The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, arrived in Luanda this morning, for a working meeting with his Angolan counterpart, João Lourenço.
At 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, the statesman received welcome greetings from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, and did not make any statements to the press.
Recently, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, held a meeting with Félix Tshisekedi, on the sidelines of the 37th Summit of the African Union (AU).
This meeting came 24 hours after the holding, also in the Ethiopian capital, of an extraordinary summit on the situation in eastern DRC, with the participation of nine heads of state, including Félix Tshisekedi.
The high-level meeting was convened by the Angolan Head of State in his capacity as AU mediator in the conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda and as part of diplomatic efforts to relaunch the peace process in eastern DRC.
On the occasion, João Lourenço clarified that he decided to invite the African heads of State and Government to this meeting “in an attempt to see if we can get the DRC pacification process on track”.
He highlighted that this process was very close to achieving progress, at least in relation to one of the negative forces acting in the DRC, namely the M23, but which regrettably registered a major setback. VIC/MRA/DOJ
