DRC's President Felix Tshisekedi says that he is planning sign a security agreement with South Africa, as militias continue to occupy swathes in east of the country
Both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa are members of the 16-nation SADC. / Photo: Reuters
Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has said that he was planning to sign a security agreement with South Africa, as militias continue to occupy swathes of turbulent eastern DRC. In a news conference with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, in the capital Kinshasa on Thursday, Tshisekedi explained that the accord could take the form of a mutual-defence pact.
The Congolese president highlighted the mutual defence pact of the Southern African Development Community as a potential model, without going into details.Both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa are members of the 16-nation SADC."We are willing, prepared and always ready to support the DRC as we have done in the past and we will continue to do so," he said.
"We are also going to strengthen that relationship by having a bilateral agreement on security and defence," the South African leader added.
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