Congo-Kinshasa: Rwanda Cannot Carry DR Congo's Burdens, Says Kagame

President Paul Kagame has said Rwanda cannot continue to be blamed for DR Congo's problems, especially the insecurity in the east of the country.

"The problem in eastern Congo originates from Congo and its leadership," he said."Sometimes, people put Congo's burden on Rwanda's shoulders. DR Congo's burden should be carried by the Congolese people and their leaders and not by Rwandans or Rwandan leaders. For too long, we have been made to carry Congo's burden; enough is enough.""We have our own problems which we need to solve; we cannot carry another country's burden.

"On the question of the rights of the Congolese Rwandophones, they shouldn't beg for their rights. They deserve to be given their rights and if they don't get it, that will result in wars, which we see today. How else could it be resolved? You cannot make people refugees in the countries neighbouring Congo, here in Rwanda, in Uganda and Burundi, while others are killed and chased from their properties.

"In 2024, we remember what happened in Rwanda, but in the region, there is a similar situation, when you look at the people being killed in eastern Congo, the more than 100,000 refugees we have here who fled persecution and killings because they are Tutsi," Kagame said.He denounced the support given to the FDLR by the Congolese government and the resurgence of ethnic-driven politics in the Great Lakes Region.

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