Too early to withdraw UN peacekeepers from DR Congo, US warns
Peacekeepers from Monusco standing on a hillside position above the village of Remeka in Masisi territory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu Province. PHOTO | AFP
Withdrawing UN peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which Kinshasa has suggested take place after December elections would be premature, the United States warned Monday.
"A precipitous withdrawal of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Monusco) would likely leave a security vacuum that state authorities are unable to fill," said Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood, adding that it would lead to more activity by armed groups.
