Brief secret visit of the Congolese president to Burundi on Sunday. Antoine Félix Tshisekedi arrived at the airport of Bujumbura, the commercial capital around 2 p.m. He was received by his Burundian counterpart Évariste Ndayishimiye in the presidential pavilion for two hours at the same airport before leaving.
The local press was not invited to cover this event as is customary. This secret visit comes a week after the cancellation of the Luanda summit on the Congolese crisis.Rwanda having urged direct talks between the M23 and the Congolese government and serious measures aimed at eradicating the Hutu #FDLR genocidaires in particular.
Burundi has already deployed a contingent there, which is fighting alongside the FARDC, the Congolese army and local militias maintained by authorities in Kinshasa against the M23 in eastern Congo.
