Foreign Minister Teresa Kaykwam Wagner said the BBC that Rwanda is illegally occupying his country and is trying to organize changes in the regime.
Wagner said the international community allowed President Rwanda Paul Kagam for decades of impunity and did not prosecute him for violation of international law.
Ruwanda Makala, a press secretary of the government, denied the allegations, saying that the country’s troops were deployed only to prevent the conflict into its territory.
“We are not interested in the war, we are not interested in annexation. We are not interested in changing the regime,” the Makala said in the BBC Newsday.
Last year, UN experts estimate that there were 3,000 to 4,000 troops operating near M23 on the East D -Congo.
On Friday, the South African Development Community (SADC) announced the support of Dr Congo at a Zimbabwe summit.
In his statement, the 16 member group “confirmed its solidarity and unwavering commitment to continue supporting the DRC in the pursuit of its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Sadc sent peacekeeping troops, primarily from South Africa, Dr. Congo to fight armed groups such as M23, and restore peace in a rich mineral region after a decade of unrest.
Last week, sixteen soldiers from South African countries died in m23 fighting.
The fighting also aggravated the humanitarian crisis in the Eastern Doctor of Congo.
Shelli Takral, with the UN World Food Program, said the residents of the city ended food, clean water and medical materials.
“The supply network was really suppressed when you think about access to the ground, access to the air when everything is closed,” she said AFP.
Since the beginning of 2025, more than 400,000 people have been forced from their homes, the UN refugee news agency reports.
D -R Congo – the second largest country in Africa – about two -thirds of Western Europe – and borders with nine different countries.
Previous conflicts in the country in the 1990s attracted to several neighbors and were called the world wars of Africa.
