{"id":518,"date":"2020-04-27T21:24:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T19:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/?p=518"},"modified":"2020-04-27T21:24:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T19:24:03","slug":"no-rwandan-soldiers-in-the-drc-kagame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lecanape.rw\/en\/no-rwandan-soldiers-in-the-drc-kagame\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;No Rwandan soldiers in the DRC,&#8221; Kagame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Rwandan Head of State, Paul Kagame, denies the presence of Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The statement was made during a press conference on Monday 27 April.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are no Rwandan soldiers on the soil of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). &#8221; Said President Paul Kagame during a virtual press conference.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was surprised by the statements of experts who are turning away from the truth of the facts in South Kivu in the DRC. The reality is the presence of armed groups and Burundian soldiers operating in South Kivu.<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame acknowledged the existence of military cooperation between FARDC and RDF. &#8220;The Rwandan intelligence services share information with their DRC neighbours on armed groups, even if in return Rwanda is falsely accused of disrupting security in the country. &#8220;He said.<\/p>\n<p>President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi expressed his willingness to restore security in the Kivu region as soon as he acceded to the supreme magistracy of his country, the DRC. The FARDC has begun a merciless struggle against the militias in the country&#8217;s forests in both South and North Kivu.\u00a0 The results are palpable. Several combatants have lost their lives, others have returned home to Rwanda, but some have fled further into the forest. The FARDC continues its mission to neutralize all militias, including the FDLR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>G\u00e9rard Rugambwa<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwandan Head of State, Paul Kagame, denies the presence of Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 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