The Burundi-DRC-Rwanda-Uganda Summit is being held this Wednesday 7 October by Visio conference. It will be chaired by Felix Tshisekedi from Goma.
After intense diplomatic activity on the Kinshasa-Bujumbura axis, the summit bringing together the Heads of State of the Great Lakes region namely, Major General Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi, Félix Tshisekedi of the DRC, Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda has been confirmed.
The communication services of the presidency of the DRC announced it on twitter. “The Head of State, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo is in Goma to take stock of the security situation in the eastern provinces and chair, by video conference, the quadripartite summit of the Great Lakes, “reveals the presidency of the DRC on his official account.
It was planned that this meeting of heads of state would be preceded by a ministerial meeting in Goma on Tuesday, October 6.
Upon his arrival in Goma on Monday, October 5, the Congolese Head of State, Felix Tshisekedi met with the Governors of North Kivu, South Kivu and Maniema to inquire about the security situation. The three eastern provinces mentioned above are experiencing a security problem that has become almost “endemic.”
According to the U.S. ambassador to the DRC, Michael A. Hammer, the Congolese Head of State, Felix Tshisekedi has requested the support of the international community to restore security in the east of the country. “The President has asked the United States and the international community to help him secure the east of the country because there are many armed groups that threaten the population,” said U.S. Ambassador Michael A. Hammer from Goma.
Gerard Rugambwa
