Belgian MEPs call for sanctions on Kabila and Kigali
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Beto
Belgian MEPs Elio Di Rupo and Hilde Vautmans are calling on the European Union to impose targeted sanctions on Joseph Kabila and Rwandan officials accused of contributing to the destabilisation of DR Congo. Their statement refers to 18.5 million people needing humanitarian aid and up to 6.4 million displaced people, according to figures cited by the lawmakers.
Belgian MEPs Elio Di Rupo, a member of the Socialists and Democrats group, and Hilde Vautmans, of the Renew Europe group, are calling on the European Union to impose targeted sanctions on former Congolese president Joseph Kabila and Rwandan officials accused of contributing to the destabilisation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They made the request in a joint statement published on Saturday, according to Beto.
The two lawmakers denounced the insufficient European response to the continuing violence in eastern DR Congo and called for international mobilisation comparable to that undertaken for other crises, according to their statement.
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