The Government of Rwanda has rubbished accusations in a UN Report that its forces are involved in the ongoing war in the neighbouring vast DRCongo.
Louise Mushikiwabo, the minister of foreign affairs and the government spokesperson said, “Rwanda has no hand in war in Eastern DRC that has been ongoing for several weeks.
It is a naked lie. Ever since the war broke out, Rwanda has been interested in strengthening cooperation with DRC.
Instead the UN has been insisting on simple problems rather than the major causes of the conflict in the Great Lakes region”.
UN has failed to fulfill its mandate considering the tragic history the region has experienced.
Mushikiwabo refuted allegations that M23 fighters received training inside Rwanda.
The UN had alleged that it has evidence that a rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being fuelled by recruits and support from neighbouring Rwanda.
An internal UN report cited defecting soldiers, who claimed they had been trained in Rwanda under the pretext of joining the army, before being sent over the border to fight.
The report claims the deserters were Rwandan nationals, recruited in Rwanda under the pretext of joining the Rwandan military alleging that they were given weapons and training, and were then sent into DR Congo.
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