THE head of UN peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday that DRC President Laurent Kabila has given the green light for the deployment of an observer force to monitor a ceasefire. Bernard Miyet emerged from a 90-minute meeting with Kabila saying the government now appears to understand the planned the role of the UN mission after previously mistrusting its motives.
“President Kabila was very, very relaxed and very friendly, and basically said he had a strong desire to cooperate fully with the UN,” Miyet said.