Rwanda's President Paul Kagame accused South Africa of misrepresenting their conversations about the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kagame criticized a statement released by South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa's office, which he claimed contained distortions, attacks, and lies. He specifically refuted the characterization of Rwanda's Defence Force as militia and demanded the withdrawal of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) peacekeeping mission from the DRC.
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The communique defended the role of the SAMIDRC, the Southern African Development Community peacekeeping mission in eastern DRC, which includes a sizeable South African contingent that suffered 13 casualties in the last week as Tutsi-led M23 rebels laid siege to Goma. Kagame said he wished to state clearly that the Rwanda Defence Force “is an army, not a militia”, before saying the SAMIDRC should get out of the eastern DRC.
Ramaphosa is pushing hard for peace talks to resume with a view to reaching a ceasefire agreement in a conflict that could again draw in the wider Great Lakes region. It is understood that Ramaphosa has, in separate phone calls with DRC President Felix Tshisekedi, ruled out sending reinforcements to his country and sought to persuade him to finally agree to direct talks with the M23.Tshisekedi this week flew to Luanda to meet Angolan President João Lourenço, who has been the African Union mediator between the DRC and Rwanda, and helped to broker a ceasefire in mid-2024.
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