President Tshisekedi's office told its team in the US led by Patrick Luabeya the director of the Autorité de Régulation et de Contrôle des Marchés de Substances Minérales not to sign because of intensified fighting led by M23 in the Kivus...
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Initially concerned by the lack of US security muscle on offer Tshisekedi was persuaded by Boulos to take the negotiations seriously and appointed Patrick Luabeya the director of the Autorité de Régulation et de Contrôle des Marchés de Substances Minérales the mining regulatory agency in Kinshasa to lead talks with Rwanda...
The delegation leaders – Patrick Luabeya from Kinshasa and Mauro de Lorenzo a naturalised Italian from Kigali – impressed the Boulos delegation with their seriousness...
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