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<\/a>The European Union (EU) has already announced plans to send 1,000 troops to the country.<\/p>\n
The UN earlier warned that 19,000 Muslims “face slaughter” in CAR.<\/p>\n
Trade and immigration will also be high on the agenda at the summit, which ends on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The meeting is being attended by 30 heads of state and government – 15 each from Africa and Europe.<\/p>\n
Genocide warning<\/p>\n
Mr Ban warned that the situation in CAR could spiral into a genocide, at Wednesday’s crisis meeting with EU and African leaders.<\/p>\n
He said the people were facing “grave and deplorable atrocities”, and he promised to do everything possible to improve the international response to the conflict.<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is boycotting the summit after the EU refused to temporarily lift a visa ban on his wife, Grace.<\/p>\n
Mr Mugabe received support from South African President Jacob Zuma, who chose to boycott the summit in a show of solidarity for his Zimbabwean counterpart.<\/p>\n
“I think that time must pass wherein we are looked [upon] as subjects,” Mr Zuma said. “We are told who must come, who must not come. It is wrong and causes this unnecessary unpleasantness.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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