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To: John Antoniou who wrote ()	1/8/1999 12:52:00 PM
From: ROY SENDELE	Read Replies (1) of 264

Congo's Kabila offers to meet rebels in Kinshasa 09:04 a.m. Jan 07, 1999 Eastern KINSHASA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of the Congo President Laurent Kabila has made a surprise offer to meet rebels battling to topple him, state television said on Thursday. ''They want to meet me and they whine. They know where we are,'' Kabila said in a television report of a meeting he had with Kinshasa University students on Wednesday. ''We invite them to Kinshasa to listen to them. And there is no question of our going to meet them elsewhere.'' Until now Kabila has rejected any direct talks with the rebels. Diplomats in Kinshasa said they had been aware of Kabila's intention to invite his opponents to the capital and that they were confident his invitation was sincere. ''We believe it is credible,'' one diplomatic source told Reuters. Kabila said his government would guarantee the security of rebel envoys. He said he had given similar assurances to the British and United States embassies in Kinshasa. Kabila's army is struggling to recover the eastern half of the country controlled by rebels who took up arms in August. The war began with a rebellion in the Congolese army, led by ethnic Tutsis backed by the Tutsi-led governments in Rwanda and Uganda. Kabila's beleaguered forces are supported by troops from Angola, Zimbabwe, Chad and Namibia. One of the main obstacles to negotiations has been Kabila's refusal to recognise the rebels' umbrella group, the Rally for Congolese Democracy, as a legitimate political force in the country, formerly known as Zaire. Kabila's government has denied it a seat at numerous regional meetings on the conflict. Kabila's announcement came only days after meetings between rebel leaders and the leadership in Uganda and Rwanda to patch rifts in the guerrilla alliance.

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