{"id":52326,"date":"2024-12-18T18:05:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T18:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-receives-special-envoy-from-angolan-counterpart\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T13:09:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T13:09:39","slug":"president-kagame-receives-special-envoy-from-angolan-counterpart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-receives-special-envoy-from-angolan-counterpart\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame receives special envoy from Angolan counterpart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Louren\u00e7o serves as the African Union-appointed mediator in the ongoing Luanda Process aimed at addressing tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n

The visit comes amid rising tensions between Rwanda and DRC, following the resurgence of fighting between the M23 rebel group and the Congolese Army. <\/p>\n

DRC has accused Rwanda of supporting the rebels, a claim strongly denied by Kigali, which instead urges DRC to address its internal issues without implicating Rwanda. <\/p>\n

Rwanda has also criticized DRC for its collaboration with the FDLR, a terrorist group, which threatens Rwanda\u2019s security.<\/p>\n

Minister Antonio\u2019s arrival follows the postponement of Luanda talks between Presidents Louren\u00e7o, Kagame, and DRC\u2019s President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi, which were set for December 15, 2024. <\/p>\n

The postponement occurred after DRC\u2019s ministerial delegation refused to engage in talks with the M23, despite earlier commitments to do so through the “Nairobi Process,” led by former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.<\/p>\n

DRC\u2019s reversal on the talks has delayed progress on critical issues, including plans to dismantle the FDLR and remove Rwanda\u2019s security measures at its border.<\/p>\n

Despite the setback, Angola\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirmed President Louren\u00e7o\u2019s continued commitment to mediating efforts aimed at ensuring peace and stability in eastern DRC and the broader region.<\/p>\n

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President Paul Kagame,on December 18, 2024, received Angola\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tete Antonio who delivered a message from Angolan President Jo\u00e3o Manuel Gon\u00e7alves Louren\u00e7o.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000079030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","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 avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000079030,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/oo.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/oo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/oo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/oo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/oo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/oo.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000079030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52326"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52326"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}