DR Congo troops in CAR not linked to conflict

Mende, said on Thursday.
Mende who is also the communication minister, issued the statement in Kinshasa following allegations by the Central African Republic’s rebels that DR Congo had sent troops to their country to support the regime of President Francois Bozize.

“The Congolese troops have been in Bangui for the last three years under the auspices of the Central Africa Multinational Force (FOMAC),” Mende recalled.

He said that DR Congo was already experiencing the consequences of the Central African Republic’s crisis, since it’s currently hosting about 4 000 Central African Republic’s refugees at Zongo in Equateur province. “We are already preoccupied with providing assistance to these people who are fleeing from hostilities in their country,” Mende affirmed. — Xinhua.