{"id":46103,"date":"2022-06-30T14:55:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T14:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-drc-to-meet-in-angola-for-peace-talks\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T12:53:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T12:53:16","slug":"rwanda-drc-to-meet-in-angola-for-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-drc-to-meet-in-angola-for-peace-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda, DRC to meet in Angola for peace talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tension rose from DRC\u2019s allegations accusing Rwanda of supporting M23 rebel group in clashes with Congolese Army (FARDC).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rwanda accuses Congo of collaboration with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a terrorist outfit comprised of remnant masterminds of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.  <\/p>\n<p>It also blames DRC for having shelled Rwandan territory at different times in collaboration with FDLR. The projectiles injured civilians and destroyed houses.  <\/p>\n<p>As he made a presentation to the UN Security Council on security issues in DRC; Bintou Keita, the Head of UN&#8217;s Stabilization Mission in DRC (MONUSCO), explained that the issues arise from the resurgence of M23 where they might stall achieved strides in restoring security in the country and the region.   <\/p>\n<p>She urged DRC and Rwanda \u2018to seize the upcoming summit to be hosted by President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o of Angola in Luanda\u2019 as an opportunity to mend tensions through dialogue.  <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bintou stressed the need for both countries to work with the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanisms (EJVM) to monitor border incidents and make informed decisions. <\/p>\n<p>She did not however reveal timelines for anticipated talks between both countries. <\/p>\n<p>Different envoys who attended the meeting also recommended dialogues to calm the situation.  <\/p>\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Claver Gatete pointed out that the resurgence of M23 has overshadowed the presence of more than 130 armed groups in eastern DRC, including FDLR. <\/p>\n<p>He drew attention to the Democratic Republic of the Congo\u2019s false allegations \u2014 especially that Rwanda backs M23 \u2011 and stressed he rejected the propaganda narrative that countries of the region want to \u201cBalkanize\u201d the east of Congo.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43170 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/47973141183_c7218d6dc4_b-e1115.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame, Tshisekedi and Louren\u00e7o meeting in Kinshasa in 2019. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The United Nations (UN) has revealed that Rwandan envoys and counterparts from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are set to meet in Angola for peace talks to calm tension that has been escalating between the two neighbouring 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":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-46103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46103","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=46103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46103"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=46103"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=46103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}