tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post3672435525319900070..comments2024-02-24T06:10:42.255-08:00Comments on Congo Siasa: Minerals & oilJason Stearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11454449854081540397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-82480371587524097362012-08-22T11:42:39.848-07:002012-08-22T11:42:39.848-07:00I really like the content of your post. .thanks a ...I really like the content of your post. .thanks a lot for showing it to me..<a href="http://flogistix.com/" rel="nofollow">wellhead compression</a>Flogistixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393574053005122024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-22744516034322603022010-03-25T11:29:11.559-07:002010-03-25T11:29:11.559-07:00hey jason,
i read your blog pretty much every day...hey jason,<br /><br />i read your blog pretty much every day because i am not that good in french and i find that this is the best way to stay up on congolese affairs.<br /><br />i was really intrigued to read that reuters report yesterday about the angolan assembly's resolution authorizing luanda to negotiate with the DRC on extending their border outwards, especially because of the post you had a few months back which first brought this issue to my attention.<br /><br />question, though: what exactly is going on with this? i'm not sure i fully understand what luanda is even proposing. are they saying, "let's just draw the line out even farther," essentially just adding on a lego? or are they saying, "let's resolve our dispute [i.e. give concessions to Kinshasa and allow the Congolese to lay claim to some oil blocks closer to shore, within 200 miles as is DRC's right under Montego Bay], so that we can then go to the UN, hat in hand, and ask for our 350 mile EEZ without having to explain why it is that we're denying the Congo from ITS right to the minerals off its own shore."<br /><br />Do you see my confusion? Check out this line, too, from Angop:<br /><br />"On its report, the National Assembly recommends that the negotiation basis must strictly observe the accords signed between the former colonial powers of Angola and DR Congo, Portugal and Belgium, respectively, that set the basis for the delimitation of the maritime border."<br /><br />Assuming that is the treaty from the late 19th century which established Cabinda as the Portuguese protectorate? Man I wish I spoke Portuguese and had access to the archives in Lisbon, because I have no idea how I will ever decipher what these agreements stated.<br /><br />Sorry for such a long post but could not find your email. Thanks for doing what you do.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300730928286957030noreply@blogger.com