Congo-Kinshasa: Macron Urges Rwanda to End Support for DRC M23 Rebels and Withdraw Troops

Rwanda must end support for M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and withdraw troops from its neighbour's territory, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.

"Rwanda must halt its support for M23 and withdraw its forces from Congolese territory," Macron said at a joint press conference with the DRC president, Felix Tshisekedi, adding that"we argue for territorial integrity on the African continent as well" as in Europe following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.He added that Kinshasa would be open to new talks with Kigali once its troops had left DRC territory.

The mostly Tutsi M23 rebellion began in late 2021, seizing large swathes of North Kivu province in the eastern DRC after eight years of relative peace."I could not fail to express myself on the tragedy that my country is experiencing," he had said on Monday evening, ahead of events around business partnership, denouncing the"predatory and expansionist desires expressed by certain foreign powers.

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