According to the Associated Press on February 19, Rwanda rejected the United States' request to withdraw its troops and missile systems from eastern DRC on the 19th, saying that they were defending Rwandan territory because of a "large-scale military build-up" in the DRC near the border.
According to the report, Rwanda *** said in a statement that an armed group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), whose members include the perpetrators of the 1994 incident, poses a threat to Rwanda***.
Rwanda*** said that the rebel group Forces pour la libération du démocratie du Rwanda (FDLR) are "fully integrated" into the Congolese army.
According to the report, Rwanda has long considered the "Forces for the Liberation of Democracy of Rwanda" to pose a threat, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accused Rwanda of actively supporting the armed "M23 movement".
According to reports, the United States criticized the increasingly violent activities of the "M23 movement" in a statement on the 17th, saying that the organization is a "Rwanda-supported" armed group. The statement also urged Rwanda to immediately "withdraw all Rwandan Defence Forces personnel and remove surface-to-air missile systems" from the DRC.
Rwanda*** said the U.S. statement represented an "abrupt shift in policy, or a lack of internal coordination," which led Rwanda to "question the U.S. ability to act as a credible mediator in Africa's Great Lakes region."
According to the report, in recent years, the insurgency of the "M23 Movement" has led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of ** in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Compiled by Wen Yi).