Ambassador Sianga Abilio participated, on the 28th of November 2022, in Nairobi, in the launching ceremony of the third round of consultations of the Nairobi Process for peace in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has as Facilitator, on behalf of the East African Community - EAC, the former President of the Republic of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta.
The event, also called Nairobi III, was promoted by former President Uhuru Kenyatta in the framework of the Nairobi Process and had as a major objective the discussion around actions aimed at the restoration of peace in the eastern region of DRC and the alignment of the Luanda Process to the Nairobi Process, which aim at the fulfillment and implementation of actions of common interest.
The opening session, was chaired by Dr. William Ruto President of the Republic of Kenya, who as host, called for the need to restore peace in the DRC a condition which, according to the President of the Republic of Kenya, will allow for a framework of peace for all countries in the Great Lakes region.
Evariste Ndayishimiye President of the Republic of Burundi and Chair of East African Community was in Nairobi to attend the event in reference, while the Presidents of the DRC Felix Antoine Thisekedi Tshilombo, Uganda Yoweri Museveni, Rwanda Paul Kagame and Tanzania Samia Suluhu, attended in virtual format, highlighting the fact that all Heads of State, in their interventions, recognized the mediation efforts of the President of Angola João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço mandated by the African Union, for the restoration of peace and security in the eastern region of the DRC and the Great Lakes in general and welcomed the Luanda Mini-Summit held on 23 November 2022, which decided on the declaration of a ceasefire and a set of actions to be carried out for the restoration of peace and security in the region.
Ambassador Sianga Abílio represented the Republic of Angola as the guest of the Facilitator of the East African Community Uhuru Kenyatta former President of the Republic of Kenya.
On the margins of the meeting Ambassador Sianga Abílio interacted with the President of the Republic of Kenya Dr. William Ruto and with Dr. Alfred Mutua, Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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