Blinken meets with Congo PM in Kinshasa ahead of Rwanda visit
By Reuters
11 August 2022 |
3:31 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday (August 10) met with Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde in Kinshasa ahead of his trip to neighboring Rwanda.
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