The United States Government has called for further joint military action against Rwandan Interahamwe militias accused of the 1994 genocide now holed up in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
According to the government statement availed to APA, the US vowed to continue pressurizing the International Community to join hands and help uproot insurgents of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) out of DRC.
This statement was made by the US Government Representative to the Great Lakes Region, Dr. Howard Wolpe, after a closed door meeting in Kigali with Rwandan senior government officials.
The FDLR, whose members have been roaming the DRC jungles for the last 15 years, is mainly made up of Ex-FAR Interahamwe militias responsible for the 1994 Genocide that claimed over one million Rwandans in just 100 days.
“We think it is very important to deal with FDLR leaders operating from either Europe or the United States. The Europeans have already established the mechanisms to coordinate these efforts effectively and they have invited the US to participate in this effort and we will do so,” Wolpe said in the statement.
According to Wolpe, it’s now very important that more military pressure is maintained to uproot completely these FDLR forces despite concerns regarding recent operations affecting civilians.
Recent reports indicate that some sections of DRC forces currently conducting Operation Kimia II alongside the UN troops of MONUC, attacked, ransacked and raped civilians in Congolese villages of North Kivu Province, an act strongly condemned by the international community.
Source African Press Agency
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