MADRID, December 4 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The National Conference of Bishops of the Congo (CENCO) this Sunday criticized the “hypocrisy” shown by the international community during the march for peace in the east of the country by criticizing the “engagement” it demonstrated with “complacency towards multinational corporations and predatory nations.” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Thousands of devotees and even Congolese opposition leader Martin Fayulu have marked the day to call for peace in the North Kivu region, in the east of the country, which is currently the site of a precarious truce between the Congolese army and the March 23 rebels. The (M23) movement, which has led to a population exodus and diplomatic conflict with Rwanda, is accused of supporting the militias, something the Kigali government vehemently denies.

In the framework of a summit in the Angolan capital, Luanda, to advance the normalization of diplomatic relations, the DRC and Rwanda agreed to a ceasefire last Friday, as well as the withdrawal of the M23 from newly conquered areas in the province. .

The new round of talks in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, which began on Monday, came after rebel groups said they accepted a deal in principle for a cessation of hostilities in North Kivu province, although warned they had the right to respond. any attack.

“The international community is showing hypocrisy and complacency bordering on complicity”, CENCO condemned in a message read out at the end of the march by priest Paul Mateta, parish priest of San Marcos church in the Congo capital Kinshasa, “and their responsibility is clearly placed in compromise for their complacency in the face of multinational corporations and countries which are predators of our natural resources, and who seek to balkanize our country.”

CENCO not only pointed to Rwanda for harboring M23 “terrorists”, but also criticized the United States, Britain, France or Belgium, and even “certain international organizations such as the United Nations and its mission in the country , MONUSCO, the European Union and others who do not play fair” , according to statements compiled by the portal Actualité and 7sur7.

Congolese religious have stated that “territorial integrity and national sovereignty are non-negotiable” and defended that the State of Congo “played its sovereign role to the fullest” when demanding MONUSCO’s withdrawal from the country, as it had threatened on several occasions. DRC president, Félix Tshisekedi.