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Stanis Bujakera and Clement Uwiringi Imana
Kinshasa / Kigali — President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is in Rwanda for a meeting in Angola this week. Officials said on Monday that they would meet their counterpart, Paul Kagame.
There was no detail on what they would discuss, but neighbors have been diplomatic loggerheads since the surge in attacks in eastern Congo by the M23 rebel group accusing Kinshasa of supporting Kigali. I'm in.
Rwanda denied support for the rebels and accused Congo of fighting the rebels. This is a confrontation that has created new fears of conflict in the region.
The meeting is likely to be held on Tuesday or Wednesday in Luanda, the capital of Angola.
At the beginning of Monday, Kagame may be removed from the local army established in April to fight rebels in eastern Congo, removing potential obstacles to the initiative. Said.
Congo welcomed the plan but said it would not accept Rwanda's involvement.
"No problem. Kagame told Rwanda's state broadcaster in an extensive interview.
" It's coming from everywhere except Rwanda, but the solution we're all looking for Why am I having a problem if I provide a plan, "Kagame said.
At the end of March, M23 launched the most sustained attack on the eastern border of Congo since it occupied a vast territory between 2012 and 2013.
Rwanda accuses Congolese troops firing on Rwanda's territory and fighting with FDLR, an armed group run by the Hutu who fled Rwanda after participating in the 1994 genocide. ing.
Recent attempts to militarily stop violence have proven unsuccessful and in some cases backfired, security analysts and human rights groups say.
Almost 20 years after the official end of the civil war in Central African countries, 120, despite the billions of dollars spent on one of the United Nations' largest peacekeepers. More than a group of rebels continue to operate extensively in eastern Congo. .. (Report by Stanis Bujakera of Kinshasa and Clement Uwilingi Imana of Kigali, Written by Esther Sylbon, Edited by James Machalia Chege and Andrew Havens in the Netherlands)
