Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame has said that the recent report by the United Nations Group of Experts on DR Congo failed to detail the causes of insecurities in the country\u2019s east, which is home to more than 130 local and foreign armed groups.<\/p>\nIn an interview with the national broadcaster aired on Tuesday, July 4, Kagame said the report, which accuses Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebel group and causing insecurity in eastern DR Congo, is similar to previous reports that failed to address the real issues in the Great Lakes Region and suggest possible solutions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are just reports coming up, and when you look at it \u2013 and you\u2019ve lived in this region and know what has happened and what is happening \u2013 sometimes you wonder what the exercise is all about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it really aimed at resolving problems? Do they present facts of the situation to help people to do the right thing to resolve the problems obtaining and move on to other things?\u201d he wondered.<\/p>\n
\u201cOr are they just aimed at sanitizing the involvement, the names of many perpetrators and really keeping the status quo, so that in the end there is money flowing into the situation and out and people living off it, and countries using it to manage other countries?\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking of thousands of Congolese refugees who have lived in Rwanda for decades and others that recently fled to the country due to persecution and hate speech in DR Congo, Kagame said, \u201cthese reports always fall short of addressing even the understanding of this problem, let alone providing possible solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n
The UN experts did not visit Rwanda to talk to people who fled from DR Congo.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve never done that. Why do you think any expert who\u2019s supposed to be taken seriously, and therefore the report they write, would not have done that? It shows something, maybe akin to bias of some sort.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the Group of Experts maintains a narrative that was set close to 30 years ago around the story of 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey want the Genocide to be seen more in their own view than in reality of what happened here. That\u2019s what I was referring to when I was talking of sanitisation of certain parties and their involvement.\u201d<\/p>\n
The other aspect, he noted, is that these reports create \u201ccomplete distortions.\u201d The President said the reports tend to obscure the threat caused by the genocidal militia, FDLR.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the report, there is highlighting of some aspects of problems here. They always say M23. And they are quiet, or they speak in whispers, when they talk about FDLR \u2013 and we are talking about over 120 armed groups in eastern Congo.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey only highlight M23 and ADF. But FDLR, these genocidaires who have become part of the national army of [DR Congo] … They assume these people don\u2019t even exist and that it is not even a problem we should be talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI would have expected that a report like that clarifies who is who, what they are doing, and where they came from, or what their intentions are, without exception. And then guide us to possible actions that should be taken,\u201d Kagame said.<\/p>\n
Pacifying eastern DR Congo is not just about pacifying one country; it\u2019s also pacifying the neighbouring countries, such as Uganda, Rwanda or Burundi, he noted.<\/p>\n
The President said that Rwandans have to always be careful not to get lost into the mess and forget their priority, which is \u201cto keep Rwanda, Rwandans, and those who live here wherever they come from, secure irrespective of the rumblings that go on around us.\u201d<\/p>\n
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