The UN Security Council wants M23 to stop attacks in eastern Congo By Reuters

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – UN Security Council mbbmlengthy.

The Council encouraged Rwanda and the DRC to return to negotiations to achieve peace and resolve issues related to the presence of the Rwandan Defense Forces in eastern Congo and Congolese support for the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).

M23 vows to protect Tutsi interests, particularly against Hutu militias such as the FDLR, which was founded by Hutu who fled Rwanda after participating in the 1994 massacre of more than 800,000 Tutsi and Hutu. moderate.

At a council meeting on Sunday, America, France and Britain condemned what they said was Rwanda’s support for the M23 rebels. Kigali has long refused to support M23.

In its statement, the Security Council “condemned the disregard for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the DRC, including the unauthorized presence in Eastern DRC of foreign forces”.

It did not specifically name the outside powers but demanded that they “leave immediately.”

The acting representative of the US to the UN Dorothy Shea called Rwanda specifically for using GPS jamming and spoofing, which was also shown in the statement of the court.

“Members of the Security Council are also deeply alarmed by the continuing incidents of the GPS operation of destroying and destroying the operational support of the M23 in North Kivu, which represents the imminent danger of t’ the security of civil aviation and have a negative impact on the provision of humanitarian assistance to people in need,” said the Security Council.