{"id":96789,"date":"2025-02-26T18:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/kagame-press-secretary-slams-international-hypocrisy-in-dealing-with-dr-congo-conflict"},"modified":"2025-02-26T18:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:06:13","slug":"kagame-press-secretary-slams-international-hypocrisy-in-dealing-with-dr-congo-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-press-secretary-slams-international-hypocrisy-in-dealing-with-dr-congo-conflict","title":{"rendered":"Kagame press secretary slams international hypocrisy in dealing with DR Congo conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The Press Secretary at Village Urugwiro, Stephanie Nyombayire, has slammed the hypocrisy by some global powers when it comes to responding to the ongoing conflict in the eastern DR Congo.<\/p>\n

This hypocrisy, Nyombayire said via her official X account, has only derailed the search for genuine solutions to the suffering that has afflicted people in this part of DR Congo for decades.<\/p>\n

In her statement, she pushed back against claims that Rwanda could be against a political solution, stating that President Paul Kagame\u2019s government has \u201cbeen calling for dialogue for years,\u201d while Congolese President Fe\u0301lix Tshisekedi has \u201copenly and repeatedly refused to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we will not join you in pretending otherwise,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Nyombayire argued that the latest wave of international pressure against Rwanda including withholding of aid by some partner countries was not rooted in a genuine concern for peace but rather in geopolitical interests that have long disregarded the lives of Rwandan people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe message is clear: the decision made 30 years ago\u2014that the lives of Rwandans are expendable in the face of geopolitical interests\u2014still stands today,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

A statement made by the UK government on Tuesday barely mentioned Rwanda’s security concerns when it comes to the east of DR Congo, without clearly stating them nor offering any suggestion for a solution.<\/p>\n

She accused the Congolese government of benefiting from international complicity, saying that Kinshasa has been \u201crecruiting genocidaires and European mercenaries\u201d while receiving global support.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why the leadership of DRC is enjoying the perks of sharing the same interests as their masters: talk crazy, recruit genocidaires and European mercenaries to fight your wars, sit back, relax, and let the international community bury the real issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nyombayire further stated that foreign powers profiting from the conflict have no real interest in stability, arguing that peacekeeping missions and aid programs are part of a broader system that allows them to maintain influence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat every resolution and statement is calling for is an immediate return to business as usual: a nation that must remain a lawless playground where leaders get their cut to go buy castles in Brussels, the international community thrives off the business of peacekeeping and poverty alleviation programs, and their companies protect their profits.\u201d<\/p>\n

She dismissed Western countries\u2019 support for the DR Congo, suggesting they would never tolerate the level of security threats that Rwanda has endured.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery country throwing its weight behind DRC knows they would never tolerate a fraction of the kind of security threats Rwanda has been facing for 30 years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Nyombayire concluded by accusing global powers of intentionally distorting the reality of the conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gaslighting is deliberate because the truth is bad for business. It turns out that in this equation, the citizens of either country don\u2019t actually matter, and in the end, their goal is NOT in fact a path to peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rwanda has consistently maintained that its primary concern is national security, citing the presence of armed groups\u2014including the FDLR\u2014near its border.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the United Kingdom and European Union have announced varying punitive measures against Rwanda over allegations of supporting the M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo.<\/p>\n

Despite growing international scrutiny, Kigali insists that a lasting solution must come through African-led mediation rather than what it sees as selective interventions by foreign powers.<\/p>\n

No country has come up to speak out against the cache of heavy weaponry that the Congolese army and its allies including FDLR, a Rwandan genocidal militia, had amassed along the Rwandan border with a clear and evidenced intention of obliterating Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has on numerous occasions openly spoken of attacking Rwanda and removing the Kigali leadership but no one has condemned this.<\/p>\n

Similarly, during the fight in Goma, the Congolese and their allies deliberately shelled into Rwanda, killing over a dozen civilians and injuring tens of others, but this has not been condemned.<\/p>\n

Source: The New Times<\/b><\/p>\n

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