00:00 Welcome back from South.
00:01 In Kenya, President William Ruto received his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenço at
00:06 the official presidential residence in Nairobi.
00:08 The Angolan president is on a two-day state visit to strengthen bilateral ties between
00:13 the two countries.
00:14 After the meeting, the Kenyan president announced that both nations will push for the resumption
00:19 of direct flights between Nairobi and Rwanda, adding Kenya-Angola trade has been on the
00:23 rise in the past four years.
00:25 Besides flights, President Ruto announced the activation of a visa-free regime to ease
00:30 the free movement of people.
00:32 The two leaders also had a joint media briefing where Kenya pledged to support Angola's candidature
00:37 for membership in the African Union Peace and Security Council.
00:45 Kenyan President William Ruto and his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenço called on the M23
00:49 rebels to move to military quarters in order to move forward towards achieving peace in
00:53 the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
00:57 I have briefed Mr. President on what Kenya is doing alongside our East African community
01:08 partners in stabilizing eastern DRC.
01:15 I have also congratulated President Lourenço for his not just participation but leadership
01:22 in especially the mediation efforts between DRC and Rwanda.
01:29 And we believe that it is an achievable aim to engage in consultation, stabilize eastern
01:39 part of DRC, and allow the people of DRC in general to benefit from their progress, from
01:47 their development, and from stability and progress in their region.
01:55 We have jointly made great progress, both in the Rwanda and the Nairobi processes.
02:01 Jointly we have made good progress, but we have become stagnant on one item.
02:07 We need to have the M23 cantonment carried out.
02:11 In Pakistan, thousands of supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif demonstrated on
02:16 Saturday for his return after four years of self-exile in London.
02:20 Earlier this week, the Islamabad High Court granted Sharif protective bail until Tuesday,
02:24 October 24, removing the threat of immediate arrest once he returns to the village.
