{"id":47026,"date":"2022-11-12T07:11:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T07:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-receives-his-counterpart-of-angola-lourenco\/"},"modified":"2022-11-18T09:07:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T09:07:19","slug":"kagame-receives-his-counterpart-of-angola-lourenco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-receives-his-counterpart-of-angola-lourenco\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame receives his counterpart of Angola, Louren\u00e7o"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda\u2019s Presidency has revealed that Kagame received Louren\u00e7o on Friday 11th November 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Louren\u00e7o is the mediator on escalating tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  <\/p>\n<p>He comes to Rwanda amidst deteriorating relations between the two neighbouring countries where DRC has been accusing Rwanda of supporting M23 rebel group which continues to capture different areas in eastern part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda repeatedly refuted the allegations and advised DRC to solve internal problems instead of blame games.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda also accuses Congo of supporting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a terrorist group with intentions to destabilize its security.<\/p>\n<p>Louren\u00e7o\u2019s is welcomed in Rwanda after the visit of Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs, T\u00e9te Ant\u00f3nio who arrived in the Country of Thousand Hills on Thursday.  <\/p>\n<p>Ant\u00f3nio arrived in Rwanda from Goma where he met with military officers from the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism (EJVM).<\/p>\n<p>The EJVM is a mechanism of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) composed of military officers from the 12 member countries that is charged with monitoring and verification of border violations between DRC and neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p>He was in the country to introduce Lieutenant General Nassone Jo\u00e3o from Angola as the new coordinator of EJVM.<\/p>\n<p>All the visits align with Luanda Process to restore peace in the region, particularly to mend tensions between Rwanda and DRC.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45191 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/alorenzo.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame has received his counterpart of Angola, Louren\u00e7o. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45192 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/aloe-2.jpg\" alt=\"Both leaders held discussions on matters of regional security.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-45193 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/alo-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has received his counterpart of Angola and Chair of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o for discussions on matters of regional security.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-47026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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