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\n EU foreign ministers did not agree to immediately impose sanctions on Rwanda for its alleged role in the escalating conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
\n ADVERTISEMENTThe European Union will reconsider its recent critical raw materials agreement with Rwanda in response to conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), High Representative Kaja Kallas has said.But the bloc will not follow the US’s lead in sanctioning on Rwandan officials, with EU foreign ministers rather reaching a \u201cpolitical decision\u201d to introduce potential sanctions \u201cdepending on the situation on the ground.\u201dThe announcement comes weeks after the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized control of DRC territory in the province of North Kivu in late January, before capturing the major city of Goma and expanding their offensive into South Kivu, prompting international condemnation.Belgium, the former colonial power in DRC, first tabled the suspension of the agreement, with the European Parliament also supporting the move in a recent resolution.\u201cWe have urged Rwanda to withdraw its troops, and the Memorandum of Understanding regarding critical raw materials will be under review,\u201d Kallas told reporters in Brussels on Monday following a meeting of EU foreign ministers.She added that the EU\u2019s defence and security consultations with Rwanda had also been suspended.”The situation is very grave and it’s on the brink of regional conflict,” Kallas said. “Territorial integrity is non-negotiable, in Congo (DRC) as well in Ukraine. The UN charter applies everywhere.”The so-called Memorandum of Understanding signed between Brussels and Kigali in February last year is part of EU efforts to secure the supply of materials used to produce microchips and electric cars.It\u2019s part of Global Gateway, the EU\u2019s \u20ac300-billion infrastructure partnership plan, and is among a raft of similar deals with mineral-rich countries, including the DRC, aimed at reducing dependency on geo-strategic rival China.More than \u20ac900 million of the Global Gateway pot is allocated to Rwanda.The then-EU chief for international partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, described the deal as ensuring \u201csustainable, transparent and resilient value chain of critical raw materials.\u201dThe deal describes Rwanda as a \u201cmajor player\u201d in global tantalum extraction, and a producer of tin, tungsten, gold and niobium. It also notes the country\u2019s \u201cpotential\u201d for extracting lithium – used in batteries of electric cars – and rare earths.Euronews has asked the European Commission for more details about what the review of the agreeement will entail, but did not receive a response in time for the publication of this article.While the Memorandum has not yet entered into force, Brussels has faced increasing pressure to suspend the agreement after Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized control of DRC territory in late January.The incursion has focused on areas dense with mines for extracting gold, coltan, tin, tantalum and other critical materials and rare earths. Congolese and UN officials have long accused Rwanda of using M23 rebels to seize mines and smuggle minerals out of eastern DRC and into their own supply chains.ADVERTISEMENT”When you look at the geological composition of Rwanda, it\u2019s not possible that they mine what they export,” Guillaume de Brier of the Antwerp-based International Peace Information Service (IPIS), which carries out research on the ground, recently told Euronews, a claim was also made last year by the US Department of State.Kallas’ announcement marks a shift in the EU’s approach to Rwanda, whose president Paul Kagame is considered to have struck cordial relations with European leaders.The EU also supports Rwandan forces deployed to address the rising Islamist insurgency in oil-rich Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique, allocating an additional \u20ac20 million under the so-called European Peace Facility (EPF) last November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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