Des troupes belges ont-elles été déployées en RDC ?
La Belgique a démenti les affirmations selon lesquelles elle aurait envoyé des troupes pour combattre les rebelles dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo, dans le cadre d'une querelle diplomatique entre la Belgique et le Rwanda.
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La Belgique a démenti les affirmations selon lesquelles elle aurait envoyé des troupes pour combattre les rebelles dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo, dans le cadre d'une querelle diplomatique entre la Belgique et le Rwanda.
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00:00Have Belgian troops been deployed in the DRC?
00:08News reports and social media posts have been circulating online
00:11claiming that Belgium has deployed troops to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
00:16to fight against rebels in the region.
00:19They allege that between 300 and 400 Belgian commandos
00:22are expected to engage the M23 rebels alongside the Congolese army and militia groups
00:27and that Belgium and the EU in general are supporting the DRC to the detriment of Rwanda.
00:32Belgium, however, strongly denies the claims
00:34and has accused Rwanda of mounting a disinformation campaign against it
00:37amid mounting tensions between Brussels and Kigali
00:40that have led to the severing of diplomatic ties.
00:43Rwanda has pointed the finger at Belgium for allegedly taking sides against it
00:47in the ongoing conflict in the DRC's east.
00:49Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Prévost said that the online claims were grotesque fake news
00:54and that a Belgian contingent of only six troops have been sent to the DRC city of Kindu
00:59to help implement European support for non-lethal equipment for the Congolese army.
01:03He added that Belgium is not participating in any military operation
01:07and that claims to the contrary only seek to sow confusion and escalate tensions.
01:12Counterclaims later emerged online, alleging that around eight Belgian troops had died fighting
01:17and that numerous military flights between Belgian and Congolese cities had taken place.
01:21But Belgium has issued its own counterclaims, with its Defence Ministry pointing us back
01:25to a press release in late March.
01:27It's said that around 10 Belgian soldiers are in Kindu as part of the EU's European Peace Facility Project,
01:33with Belgium supporting the DRC in the purchase of equipment and infrastructure work
01:37at Camp Luwama in the city.
01:39It added that Falcon's 7X aircraft have flown between Belgium and the DRC,
01:44but in the context of separate missions that have nothing to do with a new military deployment.
01:48Rwanda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs didn't respond to our request for comment
01:52as of the time of this report, while the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs couldn't be reached.