{"id":47550,"date":"2023-02-16T12:03:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T12:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/it-is-part-of-ongoing-dr-congo-s-provocations-mukuralinda-on-exchange-of-fire\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T08:35:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T08:35:09","slug":"it-is-part-of-ongoing-dr-congo-s-provocations-mukuralinda-on-exchange-of-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/it-is-part-of-ongoing-dr-congo-s-provocations-mukuralinda-on-exchange-of-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"It is part of ongoing DR Congo\u2019s provocations \u2013 Mukuralinda on exchange of fire in Rusizi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He made the disclosure on Wednesday 15th February 2023 after Congolese soldiers entered the no man\u2019s land on the side of Rusizi District and shot Rwanda\u2019s border post where Rwandan soldiers responded and repelled them.<\/p>\n<p>After the incident, Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) announced that FARDC forces involved in the provocation were estimated to be about one section (12 to 14 soldiers). <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to RBA, Mukuralinda has said that the latest incident is a testament of ongoing provocations by DRC but assured that there is no war between both countries. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no war because it is not Rwanda\u2019s option. The country has clearly indicated this and the statement still stands. Rwanda believes that the problem will be solved through peaceful process,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need a war but Rwanda will defend itself against attacks and fight when it is dragged into a war. When it comes to provocations, it is another issue. The latest incident is part of ongoing provocations,\u201d added Mukuralinda.     <\/p>\n<p>He has also disclosed that DRC\u2019s continued provocations to Rwanda signals lack of willingness to find a solution for insecurity in eastern part of the country. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt reflects what we have been saying that Congo did not implement Luanda resolutions on its side [\u2026] if the country declined to do so and witnessed no changes in the situation, it attempts provocations,\u201d said Mukuralinda.    <\/p>\n<p>As for the incident in Rusizi, he observed that DR Congo might announce the opposite that Rwandan soldiers entered the country\u2019s territory.   <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-46223 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/muku.jpg\" alt=\"The Deputy Spokesperson of the Government of Rwanda, Alain Mukuralinda has said that the country does not opt for a war.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Deputy Spokesperson of the Government of Rwanda, Alain Mukuralinda has said that the country is not involved in a war with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite Congolese Army (FARDC)\u2019s repeated provocations.} <\/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-47550","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\/47550","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=47550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47550"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47550"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}