Summit on insecurity in the Great Lakes Region has opened in Lusaka today ,,,. as leaders hope for long lasting solutions

By John Chola – 10/08/09
Leaders of countries making up the Great Lakes Region are optimistic that the Third Summit of heads of state and government which has opened in Zambia today will find a solution to the political instability in their area.

About 20 leaders including those from Congo DR, Central African Republic, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya are in Zambia for the Third Summit.

Former Nigerian President and now UN Secretary General special Envoy Olusegun Obasanjo and his counterpart former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa are also attending the summit.

Mr Obasanjo and Mr Mkapa will present their report on the situation between DRC and Rwanda and the entire Eastern DRC.

The leaders say they hope to use the third Summit in Lusaka to resolve security and other development issues in the area.

The leaders say the summit is an important forum for leaders to discuss security and development related matters affecting the region.

Central African Republic Prime Minister Faustin-Archange Touader has told this Journalist – Zambia Blog in Zambia that as leaders of the Great Lakes Region they are worried at the insecurity in the area.

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