Rwanda said on Tuesday that Canada’s position was “shameful” to conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and added that Ottawa would not solve the conflict announced by Ottawa against Kigali.
In the late Monday, Canada announced that the granting of permits for the export of controlled goods and technologies to Rwanda as well as for the suspension of the business and the support of business development activities for private sector business development.
It also means that the participation of the Canadian government would examine Rwanda international events in the future.
Canada joins the European Union and the United Kingdom, which both have also announced plans to suspend bilateral help in Rwanda. The United States also announced sanctions against James Kabarbe, a Rwandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
The M23 rebel group guided by Tutsi entered the city of Goma at the end of January and has since achieved an unprecedented advance into the eastern Congo, conquered the area and received access to valuable minerals.
Her persistent rush, which began at the end of December, is already the most serious escalation of a long -term conflict that is rooted in the Spillover in the Congo of the Rwanda genocide in 1994 and the fight for control over the huge mineral resources from Congo.
Congo, UN experts and western powers accuse Rwanda of supporting the group.
8:33Why from Rwanda supported M23 rebels confiscated the two largest cities of Control Congo
Carleton professor Evelyn Namakula reflects in less than a month what happened in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, since M23 rebels from Rwanda have confiscated two strategically important cities, Bukavu and Goma. What does this mean for Civillians.
Rwanda denies this and says that it defends itself against ethnicity of Hutu guided militias that aim to slaughter Tutsis in the Congo and threaten Rwanda.
On Monday, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Development and Export Promotion of Canada and export promotion, international trade and economic development, repeated accusations against Rwanda and announced the suspension.
