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Congo rebel agrees to back U.N. envoy's peace effort

Other News Materials 16 November 2008 15:45 (UTC +04:00)

Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda agreed on Sunday to support a peace process for eastern Congo being negotiated by United Nations envoy Olusegun Obasanjo, Reuters reported.

After meeting former Nigerian President Obasanjo at Jomba in Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, Nkunda said he had agreed to the envoy's requests to respect the ceasefire and open a humanitarian corridor for aid to refugees.

"He asked us to continue to support the (peace) process -- we agree," Nkunda said, speaking in French.

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