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Dan Gertler made a secret trip to meet Félix Tshisekedi before Antony Blinken's arrival

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Published on 11.08.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 min

Breaking news published on 11/08/22 at 18:05 - Less than 24 hours before the arrival in the DRC of the head of US diplomacy Antony Blinken, Dan Gertler visited Kinshasa. With great discretion, Washington is preparing files for possible sanctions targeting advisers of President Tshisekedi involved in the agreement with the Israeli billionaire.

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