Rwanda said on Tuesday that Canada’s position on the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo was “shameful”, adding that the measures announced by Ottawa against Kigali would not solve the conflict.
Late Monday, Canada announced that it had suspended permit of permit for the export of goods and technologies controlled in Rwanda, as well as to suspend new commercial and commercial missions of the government and government with Rwanda, and support for commercial development activities of the private sector.
He also said that he would examine the participation of the Canadian government in international events organized by Rwanda in the future.
Canada joins the European Union and the United Kingdom, which also announced their intention to suspend bilateral aid in Rwanda. The United States has also announced sanctions against James Kabarebe, Rwandan Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The M23 rebellious group led by Tutsi entered the city of Goma at the end of January and has since made an unprecedented advance in the east of the Congo, capturing the territory and access to precious minerals.
Their current assault, which started at the end of December, is already the most serious escalation of a long -rooted conflict rooted in the Congo of the 1994 genocide of Rwanda and the fight for the control of the vast mineral resources of the Congo.
Congo, United Nations experts and Western powers accuse Rwanda to support the group.
8:33Why the M23 rebels supported by Rwandan have seized the control of the two largest cities in Congo
Carleton Professor, Evelyn Namakula, is thinking about what happened in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in less than a month, because the M23 rebels supported by Rwanda have seized two strategically important cities, Bukavu and Goma. What all this means for Civlillians.
Rwanda denies him and says that he defends himself against the militias and militias of Hutu and Ethnic who have determined to shoot Tutsis in Congo and threaten Rwanda.
On Monday, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, International Development and Exports of Canada, Ministers of International Trade and Economic Development repeated the accusations against Rwanda while announcing the suspensions.
