“Goma is about to fall”, deplores France, which condemns the M23 offensive

“Goma is preparing to fall,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot declared Monday, adding that Paris “strongly condemns the offensive led by the M23, supported by the Rwandan Armed Forces” in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Fighting in eastern DRC: the M23 at the gates of Goma, emergency meeting at the UN

“France expresses its solidarity with the Democratic Republic of Congo and its territorial integrity. (…) The fighting must stop and the dialogue must resume,” urged Mr. Barrot in Brussels, before a council of foreign affairs ministers of the European Union.

“Goma is preparing to fall,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Monday, adding that Paris “firmly condemns the offensive led by the M23, supported by the Rwandan Armed Forces” in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

As a reminder Fighting in eastern DRC: the…