Article: Annan disturbed over abduction of UN peacekeepers in eastern DRC

Annan disturbed over abduction of UN peacekeepers in eastern DRC

UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary- General Kofi Annan said Friday that he was "deeply disturbed" by the overnight abduction of two UN military observers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

In a statement issued through his spokesman, Annan urged all warring parties in eastern DRC and beyond to cooperate " unconditionally" in the release of the missing UN peacekeepers.

He also called on the rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy- Liberation Movement and its rival, the Congolese Rally for Democracy, to cease hostilities in the eastern DRC in line with a truce accord they signed Thursday ...

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