>Tripoli And Abuja Consult On Great Lakes >Panafrican News Agency > >November 15, 2000 > >Tripoli, Libya > >Libyan African Unity Minister Ali Triki held discussions in Tripoli late >Tuesday with Nigerian foreign Minister Sule Lamidu on the outcome of the >mini-African summit held in the Libyan capital 7-8 November. > >According to the secretariat for the African Unity, the two men discussed >steps to be taken to implement the summit's decision to deploy a neutral >African force in the Great Lakes region. > >The deployment was decided by the summit organised by the International >Marthaba, an NGO for the defence of peace, justice, freedom and progress. > >The force, whose composition and strength have not been determined yet, would >also be charged with guaranteeing security at the borders between Rwanda and >Uganda, by disarming rebel armed groups fighting the two countries from the >Democratic Republic of Congo. > >Libyan leader Col. Moammar Kadhafi had Sunday held a telephone conversation >with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to discuss modalities for equipping the >envisaged African force. > >According to official sources in Tripoli, Annan expressed full support for the >Tripoli summit's resolutions. _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
