In a press conference, he noted that from the night of Friday 16 to the early hours of Saturday 17 February, Rwandan attack drones left the country, violating Congolese territorial borders and targeting the aircraft of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic Congo targeted.
Kaiko stated that the military aircraft were not hit, but civilian aircraft were damaged.
According to Radio Okapi, airport activities at Goma Airport continued as normal despite the incident this Saturday.
The complaint comes against the backdrop of increasing tensions between Kigali and Kinshasa and is based on actions in support of the rebels of the “23rd Movement”. March” (M23) in Rwanda.
On January 24 last year, a projectile targeted a passenger plane from the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the Congolese side, the shooting was carried out with a weapon fired from the southern Rwandan city of Gisenyi (Rubavu).
Meanwhile, a UN report on February 12 accused the Rwandan army of using surface-to-air missiles against that organization's surveillance drone without reaching its target.
The text states that the weapons were fired from an armored vehicle in an area controlled by the M23, which French sources also confirmed.
Two aerial images taken by the drone at which the missile was aimed accompanied the report, which observed an armored vehicle with a radar system and a rocket launcher on top, used by armed groups operating in the area. do not have. Zone.
The conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is the subject of debate at the African Union Heads of State and Government Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where a mini-summit on the issue was held the previous day; while this Saturday Angolan President João Lourenço spoke with his Congolese and Rwandan counterparts.
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