A special envoy of the President of Mozambique visited Rwanda on Friday to consult President Paul Kagame on the situation in the Great Lakes region. Francisco Madeira told journalists that he was in agreement with Kagame over the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “I know this is a problem of Congo and we should look at it that way and of course I am going to brief my President accordingly,” said Madeira who is in charge of diplomatic affairs in President Armando Guebuza’s office. Madeira explained that President Guebuza, as the interim head of Defence, Security and Policy for the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), sent him to Kigali as part of efforts to monitor regional events. Madeira did not say whether SADC would intervene in DRC but that they are following events closely. “We will be following and will be seeing what assistance we can bring to the present situation in that region of that big country.” The envoy further stated that the DRC as a member of SADC cannot be ignored. He added that they will be interacting with all the stakeholders, saying that President Kagame can help them to understand the situation better “this is a problem that started longtime ago”. “We now have to look at it again and see how together we can put all our heads together to see if we find the correct approach to the problem…to solve it once and for all.” Ends
