{{The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General to the Great Lakes Region, Mary Robinson met with president Paul Kagame in Kigali, Rwanda as she concluded a three-day visit to the region which also took her to DRC and Uganda.}}
Speaking to reporters in Kigali, Robinson said,“We welcome the decision of ICGLR members emphasising the necessity of the deadline to conclude the talks between the DRC government and M23 rebels”, said Robinson during a news briefing in Kigali.
During her visit in the region, Robinson attended the 7th meeting of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in Kampala, Uganda.
The Special Envoy said she is confident that efforts by the regional Heads of State to help stabilise the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will bear fruits.
“We resolved to make this visit because of the exigency of the conflict going on in Eastern DRC,” She said.
Robinson said they were particularly pleased that President Kagame shared his commitment to support the joint verification team in DRC.
Meanwhile Russ Feilgold, the US special envoy for African great lakes region said, that “it feels to me that it is a great effort. Our message was that there should be a continuation of Kampala talks.”
Robinson said, “We were able to project our message that our presence as international envoys signifies that international commitment to the region is much more serious and comes in sustainable way than it has been in the past.”
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