But they again flared up after the death of the South Africans, which were located in the Eastern Doctor of the Congo in December 2023 as part of the regional peace forces sent by the South African Development Community (SADC)
South African soldiers make up the bulk of the power – the samidrc abbreviation – which had a repulsion mission of armed groups such as M23, and attracting peace to the region rich after decades of unrest.
The last diplomatic drop began with a message divided into X Ramaphosa page.
In it, the president confirmed that he talked to the Kagam about the escalation conflict and that both leaders agreed, “” the urgent need for ceasefire and restoration of peace talks to the conflict. ”
In the following statement, Ramaphos also insisted that the presence of South African troops in Dr. Congo was not a “declaration of war against any country or state” – a clear reference to Ruanda.
South Africa’s Defense Minister Andnji Motschekga, however, took a little different, telling the journalists: “There were no hostilities between us, it is just what they shot over our heads, the president warned them (that) when you are going to go for shooting We are going to perceive this as a declaration of war. “
But Ramaphos went on to X, Speaking that the peacekeepers were killed as a result of the M23 attacks and – he added – “Ruarda Defense Forces”.
This angry Kagam, who stated that the statements made by South African officials – including Ramaphos, contained lies and distortions.
“Rwanda’s defense forces are an army, not the police,” ” Kagama replied to x. external.
“President Ramaphos never gave” warnings “to any kind when he was not put in his local language, which I did not understand. He asked for support to provide South African forces to have the proper electricity, food and water that we will help to communicate.
“President Ramaphos confirmed me that M23 did not kill the soldiers from South Africa (Congglozi Army),” Kagam said.
He added that regional peacekeepers – which included troops from Tanzania and Malawi – were a “militant force” who worked with “genocidal armed groups” who aimed at Rwanda and “there is no place in this situation.”
Kagam closed his long statement, saying that South Africa is in “not position to take on the role of a peacemaker or mediator”, and if the country wanted to confront the confrontation, Rwanda “will” cope with this issue in this context any day. “
Kagam’s comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to retreat from Dr. Congo, where his military participation dates back to the end of 1990.
For the first time, he joined the UN peacekeeping mission, Monusk, after the end of the racist apartheid system in 1994.
At the time, the military of South Africa has just left the “highly efficient forces of apartheid” until “peacetime” left to a decrease in funding and “lack of political direction”, Thomas Manpup, Ann. Associate Professor from Stelebosh University in the country reported the BBC.
