“It is a pity that the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to hold Rwanda accountable for its failures in terms of governance and security,” the Rwandan authorities said in a statement, noting that Rwandan security forces on the border with the Republic Democratic Congo Congo was on high alert.
On Saturday, Kinshasa announced the expulsion of the Rwandan ambassador to it, with the intensification of the battles in the east of the country against the M23 movement, which Kinshasa accuses of supporting Rwanda.
The decision came after a meeting of the High Defense Council of the Democratic Republic of Congo led by President Felix Tshisekedi, who signaled “a massive arrival of elements of the Rwandan army” to support M23 “to launch a massive attack against the positions of the Congolese armed forces “.
“The High Defense Council calls on the government to expel Mr. Vincent Kariga”, Rwanda’s ambassador to Kinshasa, within 48 hours, mainly due to “his country’s insistence on attacking the Democratic Republic of Congo,” he said. Congolese government spokesman Patrick Moya.
The renewed tension in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has also prompted the United Nations Mission in the country (MONUSCO) to “raise the level of readiness of its forces” to support the Congolese army against the M23 rebel movement.
