Lindiwe Zulu stresses the need for South Africa and Rwanda to maintain strong relations to prevent escalating tensions.
Former minister of social development, Lindiwe Zulu .Veteran diplomat and former minister of social development Lindiwe Zulu said the bilateral relations between South Africa and Rwanda should be preserved to avoid a further escalation of tensions., President Paul Kagame had publicly responded to President Cyril Ramaphosa , with Kagame accusing his Pretoria counterpart of distorting facts.
Kagame added: “And if South Africa prefers confrontation, Rwanda will deal with the matter in that context any day”. “That tension we cannot afford, quite frankly, if we look at the bigger picture of what SADC’s responsibility is, what the government of the DRC’s responsibility is, and what Rwanda’s responsibility is. So, any tension, any words that might be thrown left, right and center by one or the other, it is not going to help the situation," she said.
Zulu emphasised that a “war of words” is not going to assist the people, especially women and children who live in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo who has for years been ravaged by war.who were killed in fierce fight in the DRC.
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