Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Amakuru

President Kagame discloses the discussions with President Ramaphosa

Through his X site, President Paul Kagame reveals the recent discussions with the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa.

He said: “I held two conversations this week with President Ramaphosa on the situation in Eastern DRC, including earlier today. What has been said about these conversations in the media by South African officials and President Ramaphosa himself contains a lot of distortion, deliberate attacks, and even lies. If words can change so much from a conversation to a public statement, it says a lot about how these very important issues are being managed.

A few important clarifications for the record:

  1. The Rwanda Defence Force is an army, not a militia.
  2. SAMIDRC is not a peacekeeping force, and it has no place in this situation. It was authorized by SADC as a belligerent force engaging in offensive combat operations to help the DRC Government fight against its own people, working alongside genocidal armed groups like FDLR which target Rwanda, while also threatening to take the war to Rwanda itself.
  3. SAMIDRC displaced a true peacekeeping force, the East African Community Regional Force, and this contributed to the failure of the negotiation processes.
  4. President Ramaphosa has never given a “warning” of any kind, unless it was delivered in his local language which I do not understand. He did ask for support to ensure the South African force has adequate electricity, food and water, which we shall help communicate.
  5. President Ramaphosa confirmed to me that M23 did not kill the soldiers from South Africa, FARDC did.
  6. If South Africa wants to contribute to peaceful solutions, that is well and good, but South Africa is in no position to take on the role of a peacemaker or mediator. And if South Africa prefers confrontation, Rwanda will deal with the matter in that context any day.”

Panorama

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Izindi wakunda

Amagare

Tour du Rwanda igiye gukinwa ku nshuro ya 17 kuva ibaye mpuzamahanga no ku nshuro ya karindwi kuva igiye ku rwego rwa 2,1. Izatangira...

Amagare

Ubuyobozi bwa Tour du Rwanda bwashyize hanze itangazao rigaragaza ko ikibazo cy’umutekano muke uri mu Burasirazuba bwa Repubulika ya Demokarasi ya Congo (DRC), gikomoka...

Inkuru nyamukuru

Panorama In the verdant hills of Rwanda, an exceptional coffee product is cultivated that melds tradition, culture, and quality. Orga Gourmet Coffee, processed by...

Amakuru

Ku bufatanye bwa Polisi y’Igihugu, Sosiyete y’u Rwanda ishinzwe ingufu (REG) n’Ikigo cy’Igihugu gishinzwe Ubugenzuzi bw’Ubuziranenge, Ihiganwa mu bucuruzi no kurengera Umuguzi (RICA) ndetse...

Advertisement

Address:

KG 17 Av 37
Remera-ARJ/RMC House
Amahoro National Stadium
Registration Number: RMC/C/14/015
Accreditation: RURA/ICT/LIC/210181745

e-mail: editor.panorama.rw@gmail.com; panoramarw@gmail.com

Tel: 0788300359 -0733003020

Twitter: @PanoramaNewspa1; @reneanthere
Facebook: Panorama Newspaper

Services:

Panorama Newspaper, Animation, Conducting Community debates, Organizing Talk shows, Consultancy in Media, Photography, Newsletters, Magazines, Videos, Documentaries, Translation, Editing, Book publishing, Motion picture, video and television programme production activities, Motion picture, video and television programme postproduction activities
Motion picture, video and television programme distribution activities, Motion picture projection activities, Other information service activities n.e.c.
Other publishing activities, Publishing of newspapers, journals and periodicals
Radio broadcasting, Television programming and broadcasting activities