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Kinshasa. – President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi is set to make his first foreign trips, the presidency has announced.
He will conduct a day’s trip to Angola, Kenya and Congo Republic starting today.
Felix Tshisekedi who took office on January 24 became the country’s fifth president taking over from Joseph Kabila. It was the first time the country had experienced a peaceful transfer of power.
His first stop will be in neighbouring Angola where he is expected to confer with his counterpart Joao Lourenco.
He will travel over to East Africa specifically to Kenya tomorrow and round up the outing in Brazzaville, capital of Congo Republic.
The foreign trips of new presidents are usually very keenly watched as it gives a hint into a leader’s foreign policy moves. Angola shares a long border with DRC with recent reports indicating that Congolese were being forcibly ejected.
The case of Kenya could be for the fact that the only sitting head of state that attended the swearing in ceremony in January was Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta. Most governments were represented by vice presidents, prime ministers and other lower ranking officials.
Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, was also the venue for the announcement of the political coalition between Tshisekedi and his coalition partner and current chief of staff, Vital Kamerhe. – Wires
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