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The UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) has expressed its concern about troop movements by the rebel Mouvement de liberation du Congo (MLC) along the Oubangui river and around the city of Mbandaka in northern Equateur province. In a statement received by IRIN on Thursday, MONUC said the MLC advance violated the Lusaka ceasefire agreement on the DRC, as well as the 8 April Kampala disengagement plan. The MLC’s military activities constituted a threat to the peace process and “dangerously compromised” efforts to rapidly deploy UN troops to the country, in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1291, it said.
The UN Special Representative in the DRC, Kamel Morjane, called on the MLC to cease all military activities that could disrupt the efforts to enforce the ceasefire and end the suffering of the Congolese population. Morjane visited MLC headquarters in Gbadolite on Monday to discuss the situation with MLC leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, and the rebel leader agreed to take the necessary measures to address the recent developments, it added.
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