{"id":97219,"date":"2025-03-04T16:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rwanda-slams-canada-over-stance-on-dr-congo-crisis"},"modified":"2025-03-04T16:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:08:02","slug":"rwanda-slams-canada-over-stance-on-dr-congo-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-slams-canada-over-stance-on-dr-congo-crisis","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda slams Canada over stance on DR Congo crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The Rwandan government on Tuesday, March 4, criticised a statement by Global Affairs Canada on the ongoing conflict in eastern DR Congo, saying it was defamatory, shameful, and unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>The March 3 statement in question was signed by Me\u0301lanie Joly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Ahmed Hussen, the Minister of International Development; and Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development.<\/p>\n<p>In the statement, Canada alleges the presence of the Rwanda Defence Force in the DR Congo and its support for the M23 and imposes sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada cannot claim to welcome the efforts of regional actors in the peace process when it places the blame for all kinds of violations on Rwanda, and fails to hold the DRC Government accountable, emboldening it to escalate attacks against its own civilians,\u201d the Rwandan government statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>It adds: \u201cThis includes the ongoing daily bombing and attacks on Banyamulenge villages in South Kivu by FARDC, FDLR and Wazalendo. Canada&#8217;s silence on these grave human rights violations is wrong and shameful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rwandan government also noted that it would be seeking clarification from the Canadian government on this position.<\/p>\n<p>Besides alleging that the DRC conflict is \u201ca result of Rwanda\u2019s actions\u201d, the Canadian ministers announced that the Canadian government decided to suspend the issuance of permits for the export of controlled goods and technologies to Rwanda, and to suspend new government-to-government business pursuits with Rwanda, as well as proactive support to private-sector business development activities, including trade missions.<\/p>\n<p>Canada is also to review its participation at international events hosted in Rwanda, as well as Rwandan proposals to host any future events, the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>To this, the Rwandan government responded that measures against it will not solve the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRwanda will continue to work with the region on the agreed African-led mediation process, while we safeguard our national security,\u201d Kigali concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. The Rwandan government on Tuesday, March 4, criticised a statement by Global Affairs Canada on the ongoing conflict in eastern DR Congo, saying it was defamatory, shameful, and unacceptable. The March 3 statement in question was signed by Me\u0301lanie Joly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Ahmed Hussen, the Minister of International Development; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":97218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[6996,758],"class_list":["post-97219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-eastern-dr-congo-crisis","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>Rwanda slams Canada over stance on DR Congo crisis - Rwanda<\/title>\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\/all-news\/rwanda-slams-canada-over-stance-on-dr-congo-crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rwanda slams Canada over stance on DR Congo crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. 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