By Edwin Musoni & Sam Nkurunziza
President Paul Kagame yesterday
lashed out at Western countries and International organisations, saying
they are the cause of the ongoing crisis in the eastern part of the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
President
Kagame, Defence minister Gen. James Kabarebe (L), Chief of Defence
Staff Lt. Gen. Charles Kayonga and Ag. Commandant, RDF Command and
Staff College, Brig. Gen. Jack Mupenzi (R) tour the school yesterday.
The Head of State was speaking
at the inauguration of the Rwanda Defence Force Command and Staff
College at Nyakinama, Musaze District.
President Kagame gave a
chronology of events that led up to the Congo crisis, saying the two
countries (Rwanda and DRC) had made tremendous progress towards
pacifying eastern DRC, which has been a haven of various armed groups
for the last 18 years.
One of the militias operating
in the troubled region is the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of
Rwanda (FDLR), a terrorist group mainly composed of elements
responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
“This problem has not been
caused by Rwanda and it has not been abetted by Rwanda. On the
contrary, in the last four years, nobody in this region, on this
continent and beyond, has worked very hard to see peace coming to our
country and our neighbouring country than Rwanda,” he said.
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