Kigali accuses Kinshasa of being on the way to military escalation after renewed fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese army in Rutshuru province, eastern DRC.
In a press release published Monday, October 24, the government of Kigali assured that the resumption of fighting between the M23 and the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in the territory of Rutshuru showed that Kinshasa is “ on a path of continued military escalation contrary to statements by the DRC President that his country is focused on a diplomatic resolution of the conflict “.
New clashes have taken place since Thursday, October 20, particularly in the locality of Ntamugengadisputed by the two forces.
The Congolese Minister of Communication Patrick Muyaya replied at the microphone of our correspondent in Kinshasa, Patient Ligodi. For the Minister, this press release is a form of admission. “ It is a clear and irrefutable admission that it is Rwanda that operates behind the M23. Because how do you want to understand that a foreign government takes the defense of an armed group, and moreover terrorist in another State? »
“ In this release, they talk about incitement to hatred. But this speech which still aims to divide the Congolese is still extremely serious. Because if the M23 presents itself, according to the Rwandan government, as a movement that protects a Congolese minority, how do you explain that it causes so many deaths, so many displaced people without being moved by it? asks Patrick Muyaya.
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