The beginning of the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers from Congo

According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, the head of the UN peacekeeping delegation in Congo announced that in the first phase of the withdrawal of this delegation from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, nearly 2,000 peacekeepers will leave the eastern part of the country until the end of April. they will leave.

“Felix Tshisekedi”, the president of the Congo, in September requested to speed up the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers from this Central African country, and following this request In December, the UN Security Council voted to end the peacekeeping mission of this organization in the Congo. which was announced to remove the insecurity in the east of this country, instead of a former peacekeeping team. They faced widespread criticism and the Congolese protesters demanded an end to the presence of the peacekeepers by holding deadly demonstrations. Binto Keita, the head of this delegation, said in a joint press conference with Congolese government officials: According to the authorization of the UN Security Council, we have up to 13,500 troops, which will be reduced to 11,500 troops by April 30 when the withdrawal process begins. The first stage of the three-stage plan for the withdrawal of peacekeepers from the Congo will begin in South Kivu province, and 14 UN military bases in this province will be handed over to the Congolese security forces.

UN peacekeepers In the next stages, they will also leave the provinces of “Northern Kiwi” and “Ituri”. The remaining UN forces will be completely withdrawn from the country by December 31.

According to the Reuters news agency, the internal conflicts in the Congo have so far displaced more than seven million people, mainly in the three eastern provinces where different militia groups operate.

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