Despite the increasing international pressure, the Democratic Republic of Congo stands firmly on its decision not to talk to the M23 rebel group that has achieved great progress in the east of the country in recent months.
Last week, the Government of the UK added calls to make the group a part of a “inclusive dialogue” to help find the political solution of conflict.
But in an interview with the BBC, Dr. Congo Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluk said that her government wanted to negotiate with neighboring Rwanda, which she accused of supporting the M23.
At least 8,500 people were killed by the fighting escalated in January, according to the Congolian authorities.
Hundreds of thousands are also forced from their homes in the midst of chaos who have launched struggles, in which the UN -A experts see others as a key role.
“The fact remains that the aggressor of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of Congo Rwanda,” said Suminwa Tuluk, citing a UN expert report from last year, stating that between 3,000 and 4,000 troops in Rwandan transferred to the Congole territory.
The peacetime negotiations that Angola intermediary hit the Zadna last December after Rwanda requested that the Congols government was talking directly with the M23.
The rebel group then made rapid progress, taking control of the cities of Gom and Bukav in January and February.
In a joint effort to mediation in Eastern and South Africa last month, regional leaders called to the interruption of fire, the exit of “uninvited foreign foreign armed forces” from the Congo Territory, and also called for direct negotiations between “state and non -state parties … including M23”.
President Rwanda Paul Kagama did not deny the presence of his troops in Dr. Congo, when asked about it. “I don’t know,” he said in an interview with CNN.
The conflict across the border saw his country, which is often viewed as the dear West, now loses his service quickly across the entire board.
Pressure increases to withdraw its forces from the Congolian soil.
“But he hasn’t done it effectively yet,” Suminwa’s party said.
She welcomed US sanctions imposed on the Minister of Ruandan Government James Kabarebe, saying she would help “put pressure on the aggressors.” Rwanda, however, rejected them as “unjustified and ineffective in solving the crisis.”
The European Commission, for its part, suspended “Counseling on Defense” and set an “review” of a memorandum of understanding he signed with Rwanda on raw materials last year.
The Congenian Prime Minister welcomed the EU Commission’s decisions, saying that “an illegal exploitation of resources – this is one of the causes of conflict.”
DR Congo accuses Rwanda of illegally using his mineral deposits in the east of the country, which Rwanda denies.
Adding to the Choir against Rwanda, the UK said last week that, among other measures, it would stop help, in addition to the money intended for the poorest and most endured groups, unless the Earth withdraws its troops, “meaningfully” in conversations and no interruption is achieved.
Rwanda described the decision as “criminal”, saying that it was unreasonable to expect to endanger his national security.
The Congenian Prime Minister said Rwanda ignored all the calls to pull his troops.
“So who stands on the way [resolving the conflict]?? That’s not the Congolian government, “she claimed.
Rwanda has previously admitted that they “defensively and offensively” scheduled their forces during a in progress, claiming the right to defend their territory.
She has also repeatedly accused the Congolian government of bending and working with a militant group of democratic forces for the release of Rwanda (FDLR), whose members include the 1994 Rwanda genocide fighters.
Asked about this, the Suminwa party denied that the Congolent army was working with FDLR rebels, but said its country would be involved in the “neutralization” process.
When it comes to what would solve the problem if direct conversations with the M23 exclude, the Prime Minister said that, with negotiations with Rwand, the answer was easy for what would guarantee the truce.
“Ensure the troops of Rwanda withdraw from the Congole Territory and that their M23 stops killing the Congole’s population,” she said.
