Meeting with President Mobutu in Saint Martin (France)

"The discussions between President Mobutu and Secretary-General Salim focused mainly on the situation in Zaire with specific emphasis on developments in the Eastern region of that country. In that respect, Secretary-General Salim expressed his deep concern and that of the OAU in general over what was happening in the Great Lakes Region of the Continent[...]

He was not a warmonger, President Mobutu repeated. His message was one of peace and democracy. Mistakes had been made. These were a thing of the past."