During a meeting in Switzerland this week, the parties agreed to refrain from attacking civilians and to facilitate the passage of humanitarian personnel and humanitarian convoys, the State Department said in a joint statement with the DRC government and the rebel coalition.
Deportees From US Reach Congo
Meanwhile, the first migrants deported from the United States under a recent bilateral agreement arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo early on Friday, according to one of the migrants, a lawyer in contact with the group, and two airport sources.
The plane carrying the deportees — from Colombia, Peru and Ecuador — landed in Kinshasa at around 1 a.m. (0000 GMT), flight tracking data showed.
A Colombian woman among the group, who spoke to Reuters, said there were 16 migrants — nine men and seven women. An airport source put the number of arrivals at 15.
Congo’s interior ministry and a spokesperson for the Congolese presidency did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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(Edited by : Juviraj Anchil)
