President Armando Guebuza of the Republic Mozambique has arrived in Rwanda.
Guebuza also chairperson Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been mandated by the regional body to undertake a mission to Rwanda to engage the government of Rwanda on the crisis in DRC.
SADC is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. Its goal is to further socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security cooperation among 15 southern African states.
Following the recent state of affairs in DRC, SADC regional bloc agreed at its recent Summit in Maputo, Mozambique, that the situation in eastern DRC requires the physical presence of SADC-mandated troops.
The SADC troops will be deployed to neutralise M23 rebels.
The force will be made up of Angola and South Africa, while other SADC members will give material and technical support in the collaborative effort.
SADC also agreed to work with the International Conference of Great Lakes region ‑ of which Angola, DRC, Tanzania and Zambia are members ‑ to secure the restive eastern border region.
The regional bloc dispatched an assessment mission of defence and security experts from SADC to the DRC last month.
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