President Kagame had a productive call with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken today to discuss the deterioration of the security situation in Eastern DRC, as well as the need for de-escalation of hostilities and a political resolution to the conflict.
President Kagame reiterated Rwanda’s firm support for the ongoing regional processes to bring peace and stability to DRC and the region.
The DRC government late accused Rwandan forces of entering its border area and backing M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, a claim denied by Kigali
President Kagame denies supporting the Tutsi-led M23 but has called for action in the area under control of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or FDLR, an ethnic Hutu armed group with links to perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Armed groups have plagued much of eastern DR Congo for three decades, a legacy of regional wars that flared in the 1990s and 2000s. (End)