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Spotlight | DRC, France, Rwanda
Macron's fine diplomatic balancing act between Kagame and Tshisekedi

Paul Kagame and Emmanuel Macron, here in December 2021 at the Elysée Palace. © Alexis Sciard/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

As tensions between Kinshasa and Kigali continue to grow in eastern DRC, a confidential meeting between the French and Rwandan presidents took place in Paris in early June. Emmanuel Macron plans to speak by phone next with Felix Tshisekedi and is backing Angolan mediation. [...]

Published on 17/06/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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On the left the president of the DRC Félix Tshisekedi, on the right the president of Rwanda Paul Kagame

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The current military governor of North Kivu, General Constant Ndima Kongba.

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France, Rwanda
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) with Rwandan head of state Paul Kagame during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

France, Rwanda
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French President Emmanuel Macron (left) received by his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in Kigali on 27 May 2021.

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