The Congolese army spokesman said on Saturday that “Rwanda is determined to seize the city of Goma”.
The emergency meeting of the UN Security Council scheduled for fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was put forward on Sunday due to the climbing of hostilities, it was learned from diplomatic sources on Saturday.
The meeting requested by Kinshasa, a request relayed by France, will take place Sunday at 10:00 am (3:00 pm GMT), with the expected intervention of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (Monusco) Bintou Keita, said these sources. French President Emmanuel Macron called on Saturday at the “Immediate end of the offensive of M23 and Rwandan forces as well as the withdrawal of the latter from the Congolese territory ”during telephone interviews with the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, announced the Élysée.
“The Head of State expressed his very strong concern about the situation in North Kivu, especially around Goma and as for the violations of the territorial integrity of the DRC”in a separate exchange with Félix Tshisekedi, president of the DRC, and Paul Kagame, his Rwandan counterpart, while the fights intensify in the east of the DRC. The Congolese army spokesman said on Saturday that “Rwanda is determined to seize the city of Goma”large city in the east of the country almost surrounded by the M23, an antigan armed group supported by Kigali and its army.
-“Rwanda is determined to seize the city of Goma”said General Sylvain Ekenge during a press point, ensuring that the Congolese armed forces are determined to “Pushing the enemy”.
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