美国在安理会敦促卢旺达立即从刚果（金）撤军、停止支持M23
据肯尼亚《人民日报》10月14日报道，美国敦促卢旺达从刚果民主共和国撤出其军队和军事装备，并停止支持M23叛军组织，警告说持续干预可能破坏恢复大湖地区和平的努力。
美国常驻联合国代表杰弗里·巴托斯周二（10月13日）在联合国安理会关于大湖地区的简报会上发出这一呼吁。巴托斯说，在处理刚果（金）东部武装团体的同时，卢旺达必须履行其在《华盛顿和平与繁荣协定》下的承诺。他说："卢旺达必须立即、无条件地从刚果（金）撤出其军队和军事装备，并停止对M23的一切支持。"
美国还呼吁刚果政府加快解除武装组织"卢旺达解放民主力量"（FDLR）的行动，并结束其武装部队人员与FDLR之间的任何合作。巴托斯欢迎在联合国刚果（金）稳定特派团支持下遣返120多名FDLR前战斗人员及其家属，并称刚果政府向AFC/M23移交15名被拘留者是受欢迎的建立信任措施。
巴托斯敦促两国全面履行《华盛顿协定》下的义务，维护停火，停止有害的无人机袭击，避免可能升级紧张局势的煽动性言论。他还说，美国将继续对被指阻碍和平、虐待平民或从非法开采刚果（金）自然资源中获利的个人和团体采取行动。此外，他对刚果（金）持续的埃博拉疫情表示关切，强调卫生工作者需要安全、不受阻碍地进入受影响社区。
U.S. Urges Rwanda at Security Council to Withdraw Troops From DR Congo and End M23 Support
The United States has urged Rwanda to withdraw its troops and military equipment from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and stop supporting the M23 rebel group, warning that continued interference could undermine efforts to restore peace in the Great Lakes region, Kenya's People Daily reported on October 14.
US Representative to the United Nations Jeffrey Bartos made the call during a UN Security Council briefing on the Great Lakes region on Tuesday, October 13. Bartos said progress in addressing armed groups operating in eastern DRC must be accompanied by Rwanda fulfilling its commitments under the Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity. "Rwanda must immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops and military equipment from the DRC and cease all support to M23," Bartos stated.
The US also called on the Congolese government to accelerate efforts to neutralise the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and to end any cooperation between elements of its armed forces and the FDLR. Bartos welcomed the repatriation of more than 120 FDLR ex-combatants and family members, supported by the UN mission MONUSCO, and described the DRC's transfer of 15 detainees to AFC/M23 under a prisoner exchange protocol as a welcome confidence-building measure.
Bartos urged the DRC and Rwanda to fully implement their obligations under the Washington Accords, uphold the ceasefire, stop harmful drone strikes and avoid inflammatory rhetoric. He said Washington would continue taking action against individuals and groups accused of obstructing peace, abusing civilians or benefiting from the illegal exploitation of the DRC's natural resources. He also expressed concern over the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the DRC, stressing that health workers needed safe and unhindered access to affected communities.
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