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Fw: *DHR* New York:U.S.tells Rwanda to halt support for Congo rebels


Jonny Hogg – Reuters/chicagotribune.com

"The United States has called on Rwanda to stop supporting armed rebel groups in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo after a U.N. investigation implicated senior Kigali officials.
The statement from the United States was the first time the long-standing ally of Rwandan President Paul Kagame has directly addressed the issue of the country's alleged involvement in the Congo mutiny.

Rwanda has denied the contents of an addendum to a report by U.N. experts, released last week, which provided the strongest evidence yet that officials of Kagame's government were providing military and logistical support to armed groups in Congo.

"We are deeply concerned by the report's findings ... and have asked Rwanda to halt and prevent the provision of such support from its territory," Victoria Nuland, spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, said in an emailed statement on Saturday.
"The UK and U.S. governments are the largest bilateral donors to Rwanda ... They cannot stand by and watch a regime they bankroll orchestrating a new war in Congo," Global Witness said in a statement on Friday.

Rwanda's Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said last week that she regretted the publication of the "one-sided" U.N. report and vowed to disprove the allegations leveled against Rwandan officials, including defense minister James Kabarebe and several top military figures.

Rwanda is bidding for a seat on the U.N. Security Council next year.

On Friday, Congo's president Joseph Kabila blamed the unrest on "dark forces, national and foreign" during a speech on national television, but did not mention Rwanda by name.

Kabila called off Saturday's annual independence day celebrations as a mark of respect for the victims of the fighting, which has seen more than 200,000 people flee their homes since April, and has pushed the total number of Congo's displaced above 2 million for the first time since 2009…"

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