United Nations Radio

The Third Session of the Nairobi Dialogue on the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo between the DRC Government and the Congrès National pour la Défense du People (CNDP) resumed in Nairobi Wednesday.

DRC camp

Co-Mediator, former President Benjamin Mkapa, chaired the session in the absence of the Special Envoy on the Great Lakes region, Olusegun Obasanjo, who is engaged in consultations in the region.

Mkapa told the meeting that consultations are well underway to see if a Summit of Heads of State of the Great Lakes Region can be held by the middle of this month so they can get an update on what progress has been made, what obstacles lay in the way and what possible future actions to take.

He went on to say that it will also be critical to reach an understanding concerning a formal and joint cessation of hostilities, or truce, in order to alleviate the human suffering that continues in the areas affected by the conflict.

This is Donn Bobb reporting for United Nations Radio.
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