The Leader of Congolese opposition party-Alliance for Development and the Republic (ADR), François Muamba Tshishimbi has proposed deployment of Africom, U.S. military force along the Rwanda DRC border to contain M23 rebels, Democratic Forces for Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and other armed groups in the région.
Muamba made the proposition 16 August during a press conference in Kinshasa he organized to mark the first anniversary of his political party.
“We also believe that our country should pursue the question of securing its eastern borders to bilateral relations with partners such as the U.S., already have a neutral safety mechanism called Africom “said Muamba.
He said his party supports the view of deploying an international force between the DRC and Rwanda which should remain neutral.
The Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), Ntumba Lwaba said the quotas of the international force will be essentially the Great Lakes region and the entire African region.
The deployment of the international force was approved in mid-July by Joseph Kabila and Paul Kagame during the summit in Addis Ababa.
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