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Portugal accepts Bemba but not for exile |
2007-03-31 |
Congolese former warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose men battled government soldiers in Kinshasa a week ago, is expected to travel to Portugal this weekend but is not being granted exile there, the Portuguese ambassador said on Friday. "There's no exile. He will leave this weekend in principle if all aspects of the agreements (for Bemba's departure) are in place ... he'll be there as a tourist," Ambassador Alfredo Duarte Costa told Reuters. Costa added that Bemba, who has been accused of treason by the government and has been sheltering in the South African embassy in Kinshasa since Thursday last week, would go to Portugal for medical treatment. Aides have said he needs follow-up treatment for a leg fractured in December. |
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