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Floribert Anzuluni discusses FDLR file with Faure Gnassingbé

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Floribert Anzuluni held talks with Faure Gnassingbé, the African Union mediator in the Great Lakes crisis, on progress in the FDLR file in the DRC peace process. The meeting comes as hostilities continue in the east of the country, according to Actualité.cd.

Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of the Council and African Union mediator in the Great Lakes crisis between Kinshasa and Kigali, received a delegation from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Lomé on Tuesday 29 September, led by Floribert Anzuluni, Minister of Regional Integration. Sumbu Sita, a senior representative of the Congolese head of state, also attended the meeting, according to the communications unit of the Ministry of Regional Integration.

The meeting follows an earlier visit by Floribert Anzuluni to Lomé in July. The minister, described as a special envoy of Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi, is taking part in diplomatic efforts related to the security crisis in the east of the DRC, according to the communications unit of the Ministry of Regional Integration.

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