{"id":47409,"date":"2023-01-24T09:15:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T09:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/drc-turns-back-on-negotiations-with-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T06:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T06:57:01","slug":"drc-turns-back-on-negotiations-with-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/drc-turns-back-on-negotiations-with-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"DRC turns back on negotiations with Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tensions erupted as M23 rebel group resumed fighting the Congolese Army (FARDC) accusing DRC of failure to implement peace accords signed in 2013. <\/p>\n

Instead of drawing attention to the real cause of instability, DRC started accusing Rwanda of backing M23 and formed a coalition with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a terrorist group formed by individuals responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. <\/p>\n

The FARDC-FDLR coalition shelled rockets on Rwanda\u2019s territory at different times which destroyed properties and injured people last year.<\/p>\n

Apart from the provocations, DRC politicians have been propagating hate speeches that continue to fuel violence against Rwandophones who face rights abuse.<\/p>\n

Despite DRC\u2019s stand, Rwanda has repeatedly denied the allegations and urges the country to solve internal problems without dragging it into its mess.<\/p>\n

On Monday 23rd January 2023, the Deputy Spokesperson of the Government of Rwanda, Alain Mukuralinda reminisced on DR Congo\u2019s withdrawal from processes aimed at finding a solution even though he did not directly mention the name of the neighbouring country. <\/p>\n

\u201cAfter accusing Rwanda of being your aggressor and a supporter of your compatriots whom you are fighting, the facilitator invited you to a meeting with them. You ignored them,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThen you asked for mediation. You have been invited to a meeting with Rwanda. You dodged it. Finally, if you avoid dialogue and meetings with them, with whom are you going to solve the problem?\u201d wondered Mukuralinda. <\/p>\n

As he appeared in a talk show at RBA on Sunday, Mukuralinda said that the DRC should be taking the first step towards a solution for instability but has been relenting on implementation of resolutions signed by the country\u2019s president. <\/p>\n

Mukuralinda pointed out other negotiations under Luanda and Nairobi processes which he refused to attend. He disclosed that Rwanda remains standby to defend its territorial integrity and committed to find a solution for existing problems. <\/p>\n

Mukuralinda also expressed hope that DRC might one day realize that it is tampering with the process of negotiations and join others to find a durable solution for insecurity in eastern part of the country. <\/p>\n

\"President<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

{The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has refused to take part in negotiations to mend ties with Rwanda. The meeting was expected to take place in Doha, Qatar as a country that expressed willingness to de-escalate tensions between the two neighbouring countries involved in reciprocal accusations of destabilizing each other\u2019s security.} <\/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-47409","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\/47409","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=47409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47409"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47409"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}