[RwandaLibre] Voice of America: Kerry to Hold Security Talks in DRC

 

Kerry to Hold Security Talks in DRC

May 03, 2014 11:11 AM
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in the Democratic
Republic of Congo, where he will meet with President Joseph Kabila.

The two leaders are expected to discuss recent security gains against
rebel groups in eastern Congo.

Kerry commented on Ukraine's unrest shortly after arriving in the
D.R.C. capital, Kinshasa, on Saturday. He welcomed the release of
international monitors who had been held by pro-Russian separatists in
eastern Ukraine for more than a week.

Earlier Saturday, Kerry made a fresh appeal for South Sudan's warring
factions to seek peace.

Shortly before wrapping up a visit to Addis Ababa, he pressed for
South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, and rebel chief Riek Machar to
engage in direct talks, a move that could end months of deadly
violence.

"If both sides do not take bold steps to end the violence, they risk
plunging South Sudan into greater desperation and even famine and that
famine could be right around the corner if we don't turn the corner
ourselves in the next day. They will completely destroy what they
claim they are fighting for if we do not make a difference now."

Kerry met with Mr. Kiir in South Sudan on Friday, and later spoke by
phone to Machar, in a bid to get the two leaders to attend peace talks
in Ethiopia. U.S. officials said Machar did not commit to talks but
also did not rule them out.

During his Saturday policy speech in Ethiopia, Kerry also commented on
the plight of about 276 Nigerian girls, who remain missing after
gunmen kidnapped them from their secondary school last month.

"The kidnapping of hundreds of children by Boko Haram is an
unconscionable crime and we will do everything possible to support the
Nigerian government to return these young women to their homes."

Kerry also said the U.S. would support Nigerian efforts to bring the
perpetrators of the crime to justice. The Boko Haram Islamist militant
group has not claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.

While in Addis Ababa, he also met with Somali President Hassan Sheikh
Mohamud to discuss Somalia's efforts to fight the al-Qaida-linked
militant group al-Shabab.

After a stop in Angola, Kerry returns to Washington Monday.

http://m.voanews.com/a/kerry-to-hold-security-talks-in-drc/1906936.html

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