RWANDAN OPPOSITION CALLS FOR PEACE TALKS WITH KIGALI

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RWANDAN OPPOSITION CALLS FOR PEACE TALKS WITH KIGALI

NOVEMBER 11, 2013  

November 11th, 2013

H.E. Jacob Zuma
President of the Republic of South Africa
Pretoria
South Africa

H.E. Jakaya M. Kikwete
President of the United Republic of Tanzania
Dar-es salaam
Tanzania

H.E. Joseph Kabila
President of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of Congo

H.E. Dr. Nkosozana Dlamini Zuma
Chairperson
African Union
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia

H.E. Mary Robinson
Special Envoy to the United Great Lakes Region
United Nations
New York
USA

Hon. Russ Feingold
U.S Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region
Washington, D.C.,
USA

Your Excellencies,

RE: AMAHORO PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, FDU-INKINGI AND THE RWANDA NATIONAL CONGRESS CALL FOR A PEACEFUL AND NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT IN RWANDA

We, on behalf of the undersigned Rwandan opposition political organizations:

1) call upon the United Nations, the European Union, African Union, and the governments of Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, and the United States of America to use their leverage to support comprehensive and unconditional dialogue between the Government of Rwanda on one side, and the FDLR and the political opposition on the other;

2) strongly recommend that the international community convey a strong message to the Government of Rwanda to end persecution (including arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture; involuntary disappearances, and extra-judicial killings) of government opponents and critics and their relatives in Rwanda, Uganda and other countries where Rwandans have sought asylum;

3) call upon the Government of Rwanda to release all of political prisoners immediately and unconditionally;

4) call upon the Force Intervention Brigade and MONUSCO to remain deployed in the DRC to help Rwanda, DRC and the Great Lakes region find sustainable peace and security; and;

5) express their gratitude to SADC, FIB, MONUSCO, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the international community for their strong effort to support the search for peace and security in the Great Lakes region.

Please accept, Your Excellencies, our highest considerations.

Sincerely,

Mr. Etienne Masozera
President
Amahoro People' s Congress
Ottawa
Canada

Dr. Nkiko Nsengimana
Co-ordinator
FDU-Inkingi
Lausanne
Switzerland

Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa
Co-ordinator
Rwanda National Congress
Washington DC
USA

Cc:
H.E. Yoweri Museveni
President of the Republic of Uganda
Kampala
Uganda

H.E. Pierre Nkurunziza
President of the Republic of Burundi
Bujumbura
Burundi

H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta
President of the Republic of Kenya
Nairobi
Kenya

H.E. Paul Kagame
President of the Republic of Rwanda
Kigali
Rwanda

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RWANDAN OPPOSITION CALLS FOR PEACE TALKS WITH KIGALI