AU says the issue of Dialogues is not a condition to disarm FDLR

{The African Union (AU) has reminded FDLR rebels to lay down arms before January 2, or they will be attacked by the United Nations Force.}

The call was made by the special envoy of African Union (AU) in the Great Lakes, Boubacar Diarra during a visit in Goma on Wednesday.

Diarra told the Press that “The FDLR have not fulfilled their commitment to voluntary surrender, now we have to draw the consequences of this non-surrender. There is no ambiguity about our willingness to disarm, eradicate and neutralize the FDLR (…) because it’s the strain of all the difficulties that the province of North Kivu has”

The special AU envoy reassured the international community to set up a plan of military operations to hunt down the FDLR rebels.

He added that the international community is more determined than ever to end the problem of FDLR in Kivu.

Asked whether the international community will facilitate a dialogue between the FDLR rebels and the regime of Kigali, Diarra said that “this issue is not a condition to disarm the FDLR.”