{"id":50390,"date":"2024-04-04T11:38:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T11:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-reacts-to-dr-congo-s-denial-of-fdlr-presence\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T11:39:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T11:39:28","slug":"rwanda-reacts-to-dr-congo-s-denial-of-fdlr-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-reacts-to-dr-congo-s-denial-of-fdlr-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda reacts to DR Congo\u2019s denial of FDLR presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alain Mukuralinda, the Deputy Spokesperson for the Rwandan Government, addressed these claims in light of comments made by the DRC&#8217;s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Christophe Lutundula, who accused Rwanda of meddling in the DRC&#8217;s internal affairs during an interview with France24.<\/p>\n<p>Mukuralinda criticized the DRC&#8217;s stance as undermining the Nairobi and Luanda peace processes, emphasizing that such denials only serve to divert attention from the significant threat posed by the FDLR. <\/p>\n<p>This group, known for spreading hate speech, genocide ideology, and violence, consists of individuals responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the DRC&#8217;s claims that the FDLR is merely an excuse used by Rwanda, Mukuralinda highlighted the Rwandan government&#8217;s consistent calls for the DRC to expel the FDLR from its territory\u2014a request that has been met with resistance and counter-accusations of Rwanda&#8217;s support for the M23 rebel group.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Mukuralinda pointed to evidence from various United Nations expert reports indicating collaboration between the DRC&#8217;s armed forces (FARDC) and the FDLR, including the provision of weapons and battlefield support. <\/p>\n<p>This, according to Mukuralinda, exemplifies the DRC officials&#8217; tendency to adhere to unfounded claims to mask their leadership failures in ensuring their citizens&#8217; security.<\/p>\n<p>The Rwandan government maintains its support for the Nairobi and Luanda peace agreements, advocating for the resolution of conflicts in Eastern Congo through peaceful means. <\/p>\n<p>This stance underscores the importance of acknowledging and addressing the root causes of instability in the region, rather than perpetuating a cycle of denial and accusation that hampers peace efforts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-65367\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ok-13.jpg\" alt=\"Alain Mukuralinda, the Deputy Spokesperson for the Rwandan Government.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Rwanda has expressed concerns over the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)&#8217;s persistent denial of the presence of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) within its borders.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000065366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-50390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","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":{"id":2000065366,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fdlr--5fdbe.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fdlr--5fdbe.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fdlr--5fdbe.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fdlr--5fdbe.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fdlr--5fdbe.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/fdlr--5fdbe.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50390","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=50390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000065366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50390"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=50390"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=50390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}