{"id":69020,"date":"2024-04-02T16:31:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T16:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rwanda-cannot-carry-dr-congos-burdens-says-kagame"},"modified":"2024-04-02T17:58:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:58:46","slug":"rwanda-cannot-carry-dr-congos-burdens-says-kagame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-cannot-carry-dr-congos-burdens-says-kagame","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda cannot carry DR Congo\u2019s burdens, says Kagame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame has said Rwanda cannot continue to be blamed for DR Congo\u2019s problems, especially the insecurity in the east of the country.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Radio10 and Royal FM on Monday, April 1, Kagame said Rwanda had \u201cfor too long\u201d been blamed for its neighbour\u2019s problems, adding that it was time for the Congolese people to take stock of \u201ctheir own governance issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem in eastern Congo originates from Congo and its leadership,\u201d he said. \u201cSometimes, people put Congo\u2019s burden on Rwanda\u2019s shoulders. DR Congo\u2019s burden should be carried by the Congolese people and their leaders and not by Rwandans or Rwandan leaders. For too long, we have been made to carry Congo\u2019s burden; enough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have our own problems which we need to solve; we cannot carry another country\u2019s burden. In Congo, the problem is multifaceted, and there is a lot of geopolitics,\u201d he said, adding that certain countries were ready to do whatever the Congolese leaders wanted just \u201cnot to lose Congo,\u201d to China or Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have a problem with anyone getting anything from Congo, but if you want to take resources from Congo why do they have to make me carry Congo\u2019s problems. The problem should be simple,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The president noted that DR Congo had \u201cits own governance issues\u201d in addition to the persecution of its Kinyarwanda-speaking communities, especially the Tutsi, and the presence of the FDLR, which is supported by the Congolese government.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the question of the rights of the Congolese Rwandophones, they shouldn\u2019t beg for their rights. They deserve to be given their rights and if they don\u2019t get it, that will result in wars, which we see today. How else could it be resolved? You cannot make people refugees in the countries neighbouring Congo, here in Rwanda, in Uganda and Burundi, while others are killed and chased from their properties.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is up to Congo\u2019s leaders to find solutions for their problems. No one will do that for them, not even the UN,\u201d Kagame said.<\/p>\n

Genocide in DR Congo<\/p>\n

As Rwanda prepares for the 30th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Kagame has expressed his concern that persecution and killings of the Tutsi in eastern DR Congo mirrored the Rwandan tragedy.<\/p>\n

The Rwandan President said the targeted killings are perpetrated by the FDLR, a militia linked to the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, which is supported by Congolese leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2024, we remember what happened in Rwanda, but in the region, there is a similar situation, when you look at the people being killed in eastern Congo, the more than 100,000 refugees we have here who fled persecution and killings because they are Tutsi,\u201d Kagame said.<\/p>\n

He denounced the support given to the FDLR by the Congolese government and the resurgence of ethnic-driven politics in the Great Lakes Region.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe perpetrators of the Genocide in Rwanda, who fled in 1994, have since collaborated with the governments in Congo. And what they are doing today amounts to a genocide,\u201d Kagame noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you have in eastern Congo is the FDLR, the Congolese government and Burundi, which joined them recently,\u201d said the Rwandan leader, reiterating that the region had not learnt lessons from the Rwandan experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever,\u201d he said, \u201cprimitivity is not a problem only in Africa. Even in developed countries, when their politics is driven by racism it appears like they are still [primitive], yet you would think they had developed in terms of thinking and politics. I call it primitivity because that is how I see it. No one has ever benefited from that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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