Uíge — Experts from the six Angolan provinces bordering with DR Congo are discussing today in Uige (North) the security situation along the common border and the prevailing conditions of the Angolan nationals recently expelled from DR Congo.

The experts for the provinces of Cabinda, Zaire, Uige, Malanje, Luanda Norte and Moxico are also assessing the situation in the border posts, namely infra-structures, personnel, migratory procedures and the situation of the border markets.

Opening the meeting, Uige province deputy governor for organization and technical services, Nazario Vilhena Bomba, stressed the creation of human and material conditions to preserve order and tranquility as the priority role of the Angolan government towards the creation of a modern, prosperous and democratic nation.

He urged upon the need to combat all sources of conflicts in the relations with neighbouring countries backing the "Zero Tolerance" to illegal immigration, human trafficking, gemstones and drugs smuggling, border crime and other practices that may hinder the country's social and economic development.

The meeting, ending Wednesday, is chaired by the national director for interchange and cooperation in the ministry of interior, José Paulino da Silva, gathering officials from the ministries of defense, external relations, territorial administration, assistance and social reinsertion and justice.