Following the deaths of 13 South African peacekeeping forces in eastern Congo. President Kagame has called the SAMIDRC forces a 'belligerent' force engaged in combative operations with DRC forces against Congolese people.
In a post on X formerly known as Twitter. Kagame stated that the SAMIDRC had displaced the 'true' peacekeeping forces of the the East African Community Regional Force which had contributed to the failure of the peace process.
He also noted that the South African President had confirmed to him that 13 soldiers were killed by DRC armed forces and not M23.
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… https://t.co/i78aqtVjpr
— Paul Kagame (@PaulKagame) January 29, 2025
