Rwanda: UN Report "Biased" - Rwanda

The Rwandan government also rejected the allegations. "To say that we are in Congo to loot is criminal," said Patrick Mazimhaka, the presidential envoy for the Great Lakes region. "It is as if they are saying the Interahamwe militia are not there. There are as many as 40,000 Interahamwe." "It is also equivalent to saying that the genocide never happened in Rwanda," he added. According to Mazimhaka, the report was "biased in favour of the Kinshasa government". He said it attempted to "intimidate" rebel groups in eastern DRC opposed to the Kabila government. "The report recognises only the authority of the Kinshasa government, unlike the Lusaka peace agreement, which recognises the rebels," Mazimhaka said. "By threatening sanctions against Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, the UN is helping the Kinshasa government to violate the Lusaka peace agreement."

According to the Rwanda News Agency (RNA), Rwandan army deputy chief of staff, Brigadier James Kabarebe, described the report as the "usual conspiracy by the international community, especially France". He denied that the army was involved in business deals in the DRC.

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