The DRC government has criticized Rwanda’s elevation to the Security Council as a non permanent member saying this move amounts to condoning violence it blames on Rwanda for alleged involvement in East RDC crisis.
Rwanda has so far not responded to the comments made by Lambert Mende the Kinshasha government spokesman.
Mende said, “This decision is a very bad signal because it trivializes the horrific situation created by this country in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it continues to disrupt peace and security.”
Rwanda together with Luxembourg, Argentina, South Korea and Australia was elected to the 15-member Security Council last week.
Meanwhile officials in Goma city in DRC announced on Tuesday that two key border crossings between DR Congo and Rwanda would from now on remain closed at night, from 6:00 pm (1600 GMT) to 6:00 am (0400 GMT).
Several thousand people cross the border every day and the local Congolese governor said in a statement that the decision stemmed “from a surge in criminal activity along the border.”
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