The enhanced Ad-hoc Verification Mechanism (MVA-R) between the DR Congo and Rwanda was officially launched on Tuesday, November 5th in Goma North Kivu Province.
Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner and her Rwandan counterpart, Olivier Nduhungirehe led delegations from the two nations at the meeting which was mediated by Angolan Foreign Minister, Téte Antônio.
Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC Bintu Keïta and other diplomats accredited in the DRC were also present at the meetings in Goma.
According to the Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte Antônio, the MVA-R aims to ensure impartial monitoring of mutual accusations of aggression and attack, in order to consolidate collaboration for the stability of the region.
“It was to implement a decision that we took under the leadership of President Joao Lourenço, the mediator appointed by the African Union, a decision to strengthen the ad hoc verification mechanism that was already there, that was already in operation,” Téte Antônio told journalists in Goma.
He continued: “Given the imperatives of the moment and also the results that we would like to achieve, it was decided that it be strengthened. We also decided that we had to launch it, no later than November 5. That is what we did today. We launched the ad hoc verification mechanism to be able to help the Luanda process achieve its objectives. It was also discussed that during this launch, the new members of the strengthened ad hoc verification mechanism would be presented and that is what was done,” he said.
The meeting in Goma insisted on respecting the ceasefire amid reported clash on different fronts, particularly in the territories of Walikale, Masisi and Lubero.
