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一 |     中新网北京8月24日电(记者 李京泽 李晓喻)中国外交部发言人林剑24日主持例行记者会。    KINSHASA, Congo -- A boat capsized in Congo’s northwest killing at least 27 people, and more than 70 others were missing, a senior government official said Saturday as rescuers searched frantically for survivors.The locally made boat capsized late Friday in the city of Mbandaka in Equateur Province as it transported more than 100 passengers along the Congo River to the town of Bolomba, according to Taylor Nganzi, deputy provincial governor.“Already 27 bodies of victims have been removed from the waters (and) transported to the morgue of the general hospital in Mbandaka,” said Nganzi, adding that an investigation to find out the cause of the accident had begun.The New Civil Society of Congo, a local civil society group, said 49 people died in the accident, which it said occurred after an engine failure. “Everything started to sink,” Jean-Pierre Wangela, president of the group, told reporters.The contradictory death tolls, which is common in such incidents in Congo, could not immediately be reconciled.Volunteers joined rescuers in the search for survivors and for bodies, while families mourned loved ones who were among the victims.“We are supervising the search for bodies with the river services and accompanied by the victims’ families,” said Nganzi.Boat accidents are common on the Congo River and on the nation’s lakes because of the prevalent use of makeshift boats that are often overloaded. The majority of the population in the country's northwest use the rivers to travel because of a lack of good roads and because it is a less expensive.The Congolese government had banned night travel throughout the country to avoid accidents, although many defy the directive.。         　　有记者提问：8月23日，哈萨克斯坦举行库鲁尔泰选举，请问中方对此有何评论？          　　林剑：哈萨克斯坦库鲁尔泰选举日前顺利举行，中方对此表示祝贺。作为友好邻邦和永久全面战略伙伴，中方支持哈萨克斯坦走独立自主、符合本国国情的发展道路，乐见哈萨克斯坦保持国家长治久安、经济发展繁荣，祝愿哈萨克斯坦在国家建设事业中取得新的更大成就。         　　中方高度重视发展中哈关系，愿同哈方一道努力，认真落实好两国元首达成的重要共识，深化全方位互利合作，推动中哈关系不断迈上新台阶。(完）                     【编辑:陈海峰】。

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