Uganda, Congo in Security Meet
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New Vision (Kampala)
May 19, 2004
Posted to the web May 19, 2004
Emmy Allio
Kampala
Ugandan and Congolese security officials today begin a meeting in the northwestern
Congolese town of Beni over the fluid security situation on the Uganda-DRC border,
security sources said yesterday.
The talks, also attended by a team from the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC),
is specifically centring on the presence of Ugandan rebels in North Kivu province and
Ituri zone.
Last week, Bunia-based Radio Kandip reported that the Ugandan rebels had clashed with
a splinter faction of RCD-ML rebels of Mbusa Nyamwisi in Beni town.
Ugandan security sources said the Allied Democratic Forces and People's Redemption
Army are based in Eringeti game reserves and the Kamango forest belt.
Uganda's delegation to Beni is led by the deputy Director General of External Security
Organisation, Col. Peter Kerim (right).
The Beni meeting comes after ESO Chief Maku Iga and Brig. Kale Kaihura, the military
assistant to President Yoweri Museveni, discussed the border situation in Kinshasa.
Earlier last week, foreign ministers from Rwanda, Uganda and the DRC met for
normalisation talks in Washington, DC.
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Meanwhile, MONUC and the Kinshasa government have accused Rwanda of sending troops to
Congo.
The UN Security Council recently called Rwanda and DR Congo to strengthen security
along their border.
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