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Rwanda government blasts US sanctions on top official linked to M23's violence in DR Congo
Red Cross workers clear the area in east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, one day after it was taken by M23 rebels, February 17, 2025
RWANDA’S government asserted solidarity today with a top official sanctioned by the US over violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured two major cities in an armed conflict that now threatens the Congolese government.
Rwanda’s government described the sanctions against General James Kabarebe, a deputy minister of foreign affairs, as “unjustified and unfounded.”
Responding to the sanctions, Rwanda’s government said in a statement that such action makes “no contribution toward long-term security, peace and stability for all the countries of the Great Lakes region.”
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