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On Monday, the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda told UN Security Council envoys that their countries should not be held responsible for bringing peace to neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east.
Envoys from the 15-member council met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Kigali and then President Yoweri Museveni in Kampala after spending two days in Congo visiting the UN's largest peacekeeping operation.
According to Mark Lyall Grant, Britain's UN Ambassador said both Kagame and Museveni described an 18-month rebellion by the M23 guerrilla group as just a symptom and not a cause of Congo's problems, which were much more deep-seated in issues such as a lack of governance.
"They said it was really up to Congolese President, Joseph Kabila to resolve those issues. The international community could still help, but it is not the responsibility of Rwanda and it is not the responsibility of Uganda"
"They felt that Kabila had made a lot of mistakes and that he didn't have control of his own troops and that was the fundamental issue, not anything else about cross-border interference", Lyall added.(NAN)