Rwanda is illegally occupying the Democratic Republic of Congo and trying to orchestrate regime change, the nation’s overseas minister has instructed the BBC.
Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner stated this adopted a long time of impunity and failure to carry Rwandan President Paul Kagame accountable for violating worldwide regulation.
Her feedback come after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured the japanese Comgolese metropolis of Goma and threatened to proceed their offensive to the capital, Kinshasa.
Rwanda’s authorities spokeswoman Yolande Makolo denied the accusation and stated its troops had been deployed to stop the battle spilling over to its territory.
“We’re not keen on battle, we’re not keen on annexation, we’re not keen on regime change,” Ms Makolo instructed the BBC’s Newsday programme.
The Southern African Growth Group (Sadc), a regional bloc made up of 16 members, is holding a particular assembly on Friday in Zimbabwe to debate the state of affairs in DR Congo.
Sadc has despatched peacekeeping troops, primarily from South Africa, to DR Congo to fight armed teams just like the M23 and restore peace within the mineral-rich area after a long time of unrest. Sixteen Sadc troopers have been killed in clashes with the M23 round Goma prior to now week.
In a confrontation together with his South African counterpart, Rwanda’s President Kagame stated the Sadc troops had been “not a peacekeeping power, and it has no place on this state of affairs”.
Ms Makolo asserted that Rwanda’s troops had been securing their borders in response to “repeated violations” together with fatalities from cross-border shelling.
“The DRC must do a greater job of getting their territory so as. That’s their duty,” she stated.
Ms Wagner known as for a halt to overseas support being despatched to Rwanda and sanctions to be positioned on the leaders “enabling this warfare”.
She additionally known as for Rwanda’s troops to be suspended from UN peacekeeping missions around the globe.
“We’ve to witness a rustic that presents itself as a peace-bringer in different nations, be(ing) a warmonger within the Nice Lakes area,” she stated.