{"id":45905,"date":"2022-05-31T14:22:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/drc-opens-doors-for-discussions-with-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T10:07:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T10:07:29","slug":"drc-opens-doors-for-discussions-with-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/drc-opens-doors-for-discussions-with-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"DRC opens doors for discussions with Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DRC announced the suspension of RwandAir flights on Saturday 28th May 2022. The latter has been conducting flights to Lubumbashi, Goma and Kinshasa.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the suspension, the country also summoned Rwanda\u2019s ambassador, Vincent Karega to receive detailed explanations on the allegations.    <\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Communication and Government Spokesperson of the Democratic Republic of Congo Patrick Muyaya has announced that his country\u2019s measures are meant to defend territorial integrity.    <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problems won\u2019t deviate us from our choice of looking to the future [\u2026] the choice of peace for our country,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot close all doors for discussions but those seeking negotiations should come to us with sincerity,\u201d added Muyaya.  <\/p>\n<p>Since the crisis broke out, Rwanda maintained that it does neither have troops on DRC\u2019s land nor support M23.  <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda has also said that the issue of M23 and DRC is an internal matter of the country which has to be solved without dragging Rwanda into the problem.   <\/p>\n<p>President Paul Kagame and Felix Tshisekedi of DRC yesterday held talks with their counterpart of Senegal, Macky Sall who also serves as the Chairperson of the African Union. <\/p>\n<p>Maky Sall has revealed via Twitter handle that the discussions revolved around tension between Rwanda, DRC. He thanked Kagame and Tshisekedi after having a phone conversation with them to seek a solution to the problem.  <\/p>\n<p>Macky Sall has also requested the Angolan President, Jo\u00e3o Manuel Gon\u00e7alves Louren\u00e7o to follow up efforts to mediate the crisis between Rwanda and DRC.<\/p>\n<p>Louren\u00e7o also serves as the chairperson of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR).<\/p>\n<p>[{{Related story: Fighting is not our option : Rwanda reassures citizens on relations with DRC}}->https:\/\/en.igihe.com\/news\/article\/fighting-is-not-our-option-rwanda-reassures-citizens-on-relations-with-drc]<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42490 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/akka.jpg\" alt=\"DRC has been accusing Rwanda of supporting M23 rebels. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-42491 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/muyaya.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Muyaya has announced that his country\u2019s measures are meant to defend its sovereignty.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been insisting that Rwanda supports M23 rebel group noting that it was the immediate cause for barring RwandAir flights to the country. DRC has however announced that it is willing to participate in discussions to solve disputes between both countries.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-45905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45905"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=45905"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=45905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}