Rwanda comes out of the regional bloc over Dr Con Cono Row

Rwanda said it was leaving a regional bloc in Central Africa after a diplomatic ranks because of its involvement in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The country was supposed to take over the role of the president in the economic community in the Central African countries (ECCAS), which revolves between its 11 members.

But he was prevented from doing this at a meeting on Saturday in Equatorial Guinea.

Announcing its decision to leave EcCasRwanda said her right to take “the presidency … she was deliberately ignored to impose Diktat from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

As a result, “there is no justification for staying in an organization that contradicts its current performance with its founding principles and the intended purpose.”

The class comes at a time when the efforts made to end the fighting in the eastern Congo. After American mediation, Rwanda and Dr. Congo are working on the peace plan project, which is expected to be signed later this month.

According to a statement from the Congolese PresidencyECCAS leaders acknowledged “the aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Rwanda and ordered the country of the aggressor to withdraw its forces from the Congolese soil.”

He added that until the conflict is resolved, it was decided that Equatorial Guinea will remain in the main role “at the expense of Rwanda.”

In a comment directed at RwandaCongolese government spokesman Patrick Moyaya said that “one cannot constantly violate the principles that support our regional institutions and claims to want to head it.”

He added that ECCAS’s decision “must inspire other regional organizations to adopt a more solid position against Rwanda.”

Rwanda was accused of supporting the M23 rebels in the east of Dr. Congo. The group made great progress at the beginning of the year, as it took the main regional cities of Goma and Bukavu.

The government of Dr. Kongo, as well as the United States and France, has defined Rwanda as the support of M23.

Last year, a report by United Nations experts said that up to 4,000 Rwandan forces were fighting alongside the rebels.

But Rwanda denied these accusations, saying instead that its forces were deployed along its borders to prevent the conflict that flows into its territory.

Rwanda left once, in 2007, ECCAS, whose mission is to enhance cooperation and enhance regional integration in Central Africa. She joined after several years.

Additional reports by Emery Macomino