WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is “gravely concerned” by ceasefire violations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by M23 rebels, the State Department said on Friday.
“M23 must immediately cease hostilities and withdraw from its positions in Walikale territory, North Kivu Province,” department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement, reiterating a call for Rwanda to immediately withdraw all Rwanda Defense Force personnel and equipment from Congo, including its surface-to-air missile systems.
The Tutsi-led M23 group has been waging a renewed insurgency in the central African country’s east since 2022. Congo and the United Nations accuse neighbouring Rwanda of backing the group with its own troops and weapons. Rwanda denies this.
(Reporting by Katharine Jackson, Daphne Psaledakis; Editing by Brendan O’Boyle)
