Rwanda pulls out of regional bloc over DR Congo diplomatic row
KigalicTypeface:> Rwanda says it is pulling out of a central African regional bloc after a diplomatic row over its involvement in the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The country was supposed to take up the chairman role of the Economic Community of Central African States (Eccas), which rotates between its 11 members. But it was prevented from doing so at a meeting on Saturday in Equatorial Guinea.
Announcing its decision to leave Eccas, Rwanda said its right to take up the 'chairmanship… was deliberately ignored in order to impose the DRC's diktat'. As a result, it saw 'no justification for remaining in an organisation whose current functioning runs counter to its founding principles and intended purpose'.
The row comes as efforts to end the fighting in eastern DR Congo continue. (Agencies)
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