Question 7090 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr. Aurélien Le Coq alerts the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The conflict in North Kivu has lasted for almost three decades and has led to the death of six million people and the displacement of almost seven million Congolese. War crimes are legion and continue with impunity. On April 23, 2025, the United Nations again denounced the sexual violence, primarily against women and children, commonly used as a tactic of war to “terrorize and punish civilian populations”. These crimes are notably committed by the M23 militia, acting as an extension of the Rwandan army. This militia prevents the inhabitants of Goma, a border town in Rwanda, from being supplied by land. Civilians face hospitals bombed, shortages of medicines and the absence of prophylaxis kits which would allow victims of rape to avoid contracting sexually transmitted diseases, including the AIDS virus. This aggression, the objective of which is to organize the plundering of minerals, violates the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, in February 2024 the European Union signed a strategic partnership with Rwanda to secure the supply of critical minerals. In addition, on Monday November 18, 2024, the European Union renewed a payment of 20 million euros to the Rwandan army as part of the “European Peace Facility”, the European Union fund intended to prevent conflicts and strengthen peace. France would have pushed to renew this funding, in fact strengthening the Rwandan army, a party to the conflict. By these decisions, France and the European Union could become complicit in the massacres committed by the M23. A sign of the impunity enjoyed by those responsible for the massacre in France, the spokesperson for the M23 runs a mining consultancy company whose headquarters is located in the heart of Paris. Support for the candidacy of the former head of diplomacy of Rwanda, while the Democratic Republic of Congo is the first country French-speaking world, is also a symbol full of meaning. Double standards cannot characterize France's action internationally: as elsewhere, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, borders and human rights must be respected. Summoning the Rwandan ambassador to France, humanitarian corridor, embargo on Rwandan minerals or economic sanctions. He wants to know his intentions for enable the protection of civilian populations and respect for the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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