Zimbabwe to leave the DRC
Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2002

ZIMBABWE is now preparing to withdraw all troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo following the brightening of peace prospects in the war-torn country, President Mugabe has said.

Cde Mugabe said developments in the DRC, including the signing of a peace agreement between that country and Rwanda, provided an opportunity for the withdrawal of Zimbabwean troops in accordance with the Lusaka peace deal.

"I would want to extend that notion by assuring the nation that we are now working on a programme to withdraw all our forces from the DRC," he said.

Cde Mugabe, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, was speaking at the commemoration of the 22nd anniversary of the ZDF at Rufaro Stadium. MORE 

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