Rwanda, who seized the main cities of sesame sesame in the East Democratic Republic of Congo, announced a unilateral ceasefire in Monday for humanitarian reasons.
The M23 rebels said that the ceasefire would begin on Tuesday. The announcement was made shortly after the United Nations Health Organization said that at least 900 people had died in a sesame battle between the rebels and the Congo army last week.
The 2 million cities are located in the center of the area where mineral wealth is several trillion dollars, and under the control of the rebels. The M23 was reported to have gained a status in other areas of the eastern DRC and advanced in another state of Bukabu.
However, the rebels said they did not intend to seize Bukabu on Monday, but they had previously expressed their ambitions to march to Kinshasa, the capital of a thousand miles away.
“We must clarify that we are not going to shoot Bukabu or other areas, but we repeat our commitments to protect and defend our civilian and us.” Lawrence Kanuba, a spokesman of the M23 rebels, stated in a statement.
There was no immediate comment from the DRC government.
The anti -government announcement came in front of this week's joint summit by regional blocks in southern Africa and East Africa, which seeks a ceasefire. Kenya's President William Route said that DRC and Rwanda's president will attend.
The seven advanced economic groups, or the G7 Foreign Minister, have urged conflict party to return to negotiations. In a statement on Monday, they called for “the rapid, safe and unstoppable passing of humanitarian relief for civilians.”
Congo's authorities stated that it is being held for discussions to resolve conflicts, but such dialogue must be conducted in the context of the previous peace agreement. Rwanda and the anti -government forces accused the DRC government as default for the previous contract.
According to the United Nations experts, the M23 anti -government forces have been supported by about 4,000 units from nearby Rwanda, much more than 2012, and after the first capture GOMA, the international pressure I received it and withdrawn. They are the most powerful groups of more than 100 martial arts groups that are fighting for control east of DRC, and hold huge amounts of deposits for many world technology. 。
Hundreds of thousands of people, who had been busy with the latest battle, were forced to escape again with the rest of their belongings. Thousands of people were poured into nearby Rwanda.
DRC battles have a relationship with ethnic disputes for decades.
The M23 says that the DRC defends the ethnic Tuuchi tribe. Rwanda claims that the Tutchi is persecuted by the 800,000 Rwanda Tsucho and other Geno Side and former militia in the 1994 Geno Side.
Many Futus fled to the DRC after Genocide and established a democratic army to release the Rwanda Army group. Rwanda has denied the accusation by the group that the Congo army is “completely integrated.”
