A first for five years: the arrival, yesterday Thursday March 9, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, of a delegation from the United Nations Security Council, for a working visit until Sunday, while fighting is raging in east of the country, between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels. This is indeed the first visit of the Security Council to the DRC since 2018.
The M23 and its supporters? During a press briefing, the spokesperson for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Anne-Claire Legendre, called ” in particular Rwanda to do everything so that (the) ceasefire is respected today “.
And this morning, The crossin Front page, puts its feet in the dish, inviting to ” name Rwanda when it comes to this rebel movement confronting the regular Congolese army in eastern DRC.
“ First there must be a ceasefire, which must be demanded of the M23 and its sponsors. Among these is Rwanda. This country has become an African Sparta, which uses its military capacities to exert its influence “, denounces the Catholic daily, in reference to this very warlike ancient Greek city that was Sparta. According The crossthere ” interference strategy (of Rwanda) implicitly leads it to violate the sovereignty of its neighbor ” Congolese.
SO ? So this Catholic newspaper finds that at the time ” where Westerners oppose the expansionist aims of Russia in Ukraine, it would be strange if an identical condemnation was not expressed to bring peace to DR-Congo “.
Serene skies over La Manche again
France-United Kingdom, the reunion. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is in Paris to meet Emmanuel Macron. This is the first summit between the two countries for five years. Brexit forces…
It was a real earthquake, this vote. On June 23, 2016, the majority of Britons decided to leave the European Union. Brexit… Since then, the diplomatic barometer on the English Channel has been stuck in its most depressing depression zone. As the newspaper recalls The Parisianthe former French ambassador to the United Kingdom, Sylvie Bermann, had even said that the Paris-London relationship was ” the worst since Waterloo », in reference to the battle near Brussels won by the Englishman Wellington, on June 18, 1815, and which was to precipitate the fall of Napoleon.
But that was before. “ Gone are the tense days with Boris Johnson; swept away, the execrable time with Liz Truss, who had claimed not to know if France was a country friend or enemy; place in the era of Rishi Sunak “, welcomes Releaseplace to ” optimism “. And for Freedwhose craze for crowned heads was hardly known, ” the best is yet to come: from March 26 to 29, it is the king himself, Charles III, who will make his first state visit to France since he ascended the throne. This new agreement – not yet cordial – owes a lot to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. It is at times like this that one wonders who is an enemy, and who is not. “.
Le Figaro hardly write anything else. And for good reason, since Great Britain realizes “ that it can free itself from the rules of the Union but not from Europe itself, its first market and main partner, emphasizes this daily. She needs France to stem the flotillas of illegal immigrants flocking to her shores. It has an interest in maintaining cooperation in defense with the only army on the continent to its measure, whether it is a question of training Ukrainian soldiers or producing armaments “. So, go for this new “cordial agreement”, rejoice Le Figaroalso welcoming the expected visit of the King of England to France.
No sport anymore for Go Sport
Movement in the sports business, in France. The Intersport network is interested in taking over that of the Go Sport stores. Candidates for the takeover of Go Sport, which employs 2,500 people, have until this evening to declare their interest. According The echoesIntersport “ is about to make an offer “. The economic daily specifies that the rescue of Go Sport requires “ at least 20 million euros of investments “.