President Felix Tshisekedi was in Germany to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He spoke with DW exclusively about the ongoing Congo-Rwanda standoff, his country's first female prime minister and German infrastructure.
President Felix Tshisekedi was in Germany to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He spoke with DW exclusively about the ongoing Congo-Rwanda standoff, his country's first female prime minister and German infrastructure.
I'm thinking about a cooperation in the things we need most badly, which is infrastructure. I have a lot of admiration for what is being done in Germany. I've always said that I dreamed of making my country a kind of"Germany of Africa" and thus a driving force for African development. And after that, Rwanda was given a right of pursuit, inviting itself into the Democratic Republic of Congo to hunt down these genocidaires. But unfortunately, Rwanda didn't make any distinction, so it also massacred Congolese and since then, the massacre hasn't ended.
So to answer your question, there is currently an initiative by Angolan President Joao Lourenco, who has already put forward peace initiatives on several occasions but they have all been sabotaged by Kagame and his regime. We're really in the last bend. There is now what we believe to be a last ditch attempt, and I want to give peace a chance as much as possible. But obviously that's not because of weakness and we're not always going to be patient like this, wishing for peace.
On whom are you pinning your hopes for a process of reconciliation, a process that would lead to peace? Who do you think can be that person?
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