{"id":57301,"date":"2023-11-08T12:46:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T12:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/kagame-un-chief-discuss-escalation-of-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo"},"modified":"2023-11-08T13:43:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:43:28","slug":"kagame-un-chief-discuss-escalation-of-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-un-chief-discuss-escalation-of-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo","title":{"rendered":"Kagame, UN chief discuss escalation of violence in eastern DR Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Michel Nkurunziza<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame, on November 7, 2023, had a productive phone conversation with UN Secretary General Anto\u0301nio Guterres on the worrying escalation of armed violence and ethnic rhetoric in eastern DR Congo, the office of the president announced.<\/p>\n<p>According to a brief notice posted by the Presidency on X, formerly Twitter, President Kagame reiterated his view that \u201cthe solution is not a military one but a political one\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The President and UNSG Anto\u0301nio Guterres discussed continued strong collaboration towards peace and stability in DRC through ongoing regional efforts.<\/p>\n<p>President Paul Kagame on Monday, November 6, also held a \u201cproductive call\u201d with United States State Secretary Antony Blinken which attracted various discussions including the deterioration of the security situation in eastern DR Congo.<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame had a productive phone conversation with UNSG Anto\u0301nio Guterres on the worrying escalation of armed violence and ethnic rhetoric in Eastern DRC. President Kagame reiterated his view that the solution is not a military one but a political one. The President and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Presidency | Rwanda (@UrugwiroVillage) November 7, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The M23 rebels on Monday, November 6, claimed they have recaptured the strategic positions in eastern DR Congo that they had previously handed over to the East African Regional Force (EACRF), following the deteriorating security situation in the area.<\/p>\n<p>This follows months after the rebels had vacated the positions, in compliance with the Luanda peace agreement that was aimed at giving a chance to a negotiated settlement of the conflict in the volatile region.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vincent Biruta has deplored and refuted as unfounded the accusations continuously being made by the representatives of the DR Congo government against Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>At the just-concluded meeting of Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) held in Yaounde\u0301, Cameroon, Biruta took the floor to deplore and refute accusations made at the same forum by a representative of the DR Congo government.<\/p>\n<p>The Congolese military is fighting alongside a coalition of local militia groups under their group called Wazalendo together with the FDLR, a terror group made up of Rwandans who committed the Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michel Nkurunziza Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. President Paul Kagame, on November 7, 2023, had a productive phone conversation with UN Secretary General Anto\u0301nio Guterres on the worrying escalation of armed violence and ethnic rhetoric in eastern DR Congo, the office of the president announced. According to a brief notice posted by the Presidency on X, formerly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":57300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14,772],"tags":[760,763,2542,758],"class_list":["post-57301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-dr-congo","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kagame, UN chief discuss escalation of violence in eastern DR Congo - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Paul Kagame, on November 7, 2023, had a productive phone conversation with UN Secretary General Anto\u0301nio Guter ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-un-chief-discuss-escalation-of-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kagame, UN chief discuss escalation of violence in eastern DR Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Paul Kagame, on November 7, 2023, had a productive phone conversation with UN Secretary General Anto\u0301nio Guter ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-un-chief-discuss-escalation-of-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-08T12:46:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-08T13:43:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/11\/sm_1699438331.444244.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-un-chief-discuss-escalation-of-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-un-chief-discuss-escalation-of-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kagame, UN chief discuss escalation of violence in eastern DR Congo\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-08T12:46:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-08T13:43:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-un-chief-discuss-escalation-of-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo\"},\"wordCount\":369,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-un-chief-discuss-escalation-of-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/11\/sm_1699438331.444244.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"DR Congo\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-un-chief-discuss-escalation-of-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-un-chief-discuss-escalation-of-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-un-chief-discuss-escalation-of-violence-in-eastern-dr-congo\",\"name\":\"Kagame, UN chief discuss escalation of violence in eastern DR Congo - 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