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To: john mcknight who wrote (2252)	7/29/1999 5:03:00 PM
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Uganda, Zimbabwe Discuss Pullout New Vision (Kampala) July 29, 1999 By Margaret Muhanga Kampala - Uganda has began talks to convince Zimbabwe to withdraw her troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo so that the cease-fire agreement signed July 10 can be executed. Foreign Affairs Minister Eriya Kategaya yesterday told a closed meeting of the parliamentary committee on Presidential and Foreign Affairs that the Government of Uganda welcomed the cease-fire agreement to end the war in Congo. The minister, according to sources who attended the meeting, said Uganda is to talk to Zimbabwe and other interested parties to first withdraw their troops from the DRC so that the factions engaged in combat can implement the cease-fire agreement reached in Lusaka. The meeting held in Ministry of Foreign Affairs boardroom was chaired by Elly Karuhanga (Nyabushozi). Karuhanga told The New Vision last night that Foreign Affairs will today issue a statement on details of the meeting. Kategaya also First Deputy Premier further said Uganda was mediating talks between Wamba dia Wamba and Dr Emile Ilunga's factions of the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) and Jean Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC) in order for them to reach a common understanding. "We are encouraging all rebel factions to sign the ceasefire agreement and we shall mediate to unite all the warring parties in the Congo," sources quoted Kategaya as saying. Kategaya acknowledged that the DRC sued Uganda in the International Court of Justice for violating its territorial integrity by deploying troops to fight the legitimate government of President Laurent Kabila. The meeting also heard that the DRC was using the cease-fire agreement against Uganda because it acknowledges the presence of Ugandan troops in the DRC. Some MPs opposed to the deployment of UPDF troops in Congo clashed with the minister over its legitimacy. Sources said Kategaya insisted the UPDF's presence there was legitimate. He said Uganda's security was threatened by the presence of the ADF rebel bases in Congo hence the deployment of its forces there. He said following the cease-fire agreement, Uganda was willing to withdraw its troops from the DRC. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------