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Vincent Biruta: "What is visible is the presence of the FDLR with a genocidal ideology"

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Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta here in Kigali on April 9, 2021. © AFP / SIMON WOHLFAHRT

By: Sébastien Németh Follow

Rwanda responds to the report of the United Nations experts.

According to an investigation leaked to the press this week, Kigali has deployed hundreds of troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since November.

The Rwandans would also support the M23 rebels.

Yesterday on our antenna, Christophe Lutundula, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DRC, accused Rwanda of having violated the sovereignty of Congo and asks the international community to take sanctions.

This morning, response from his counterpart, the head of Rwandan diplomacy, Vincent Biruta.

The latter explains that he has not read the report but he is already expressing doubts about its impartiality.

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