{"id":1601284,"date":"2022-08-11T13:23:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T17:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601284"},"modified":"2022-08-11T13:24:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T17:24:13","slug":"secy-blinken-meets-with-rwandan-pres-on-stability-in-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-blinken-meets-with-rwandan-pres-on-stability-in-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"Secy. Blinken meets with Rwandan Pres. on stability in DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecy-blinken-meets-with-rwandan-pres-on-stability-in-drc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601284&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2736742\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2736742\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2736742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AP22223392834376-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Blinken is on a ten day trip to Cambodia, Philippines, South Africa, Congo, and Rwanda. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, Pool)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2736742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Blinken is on a ten day trip to Cambodia, Philippines, South Africa, Congo, and Rwanda. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, Pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5><span>OAN Newsroom<br \/>Updated 10:05 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, August 11, 2022<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Rwanda\u2019s capital Kigali to discuss the recent violence in the Congo. Blinken met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Thursday. While there, he confronted the President about the UN\u2019s report on the Rwandan government\u2019s role in the unrest in the DRC.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cIn our discussions, I also raise serious concerns about human rights,\u201d Blinken said. \u201cAs I told President Kagame, we believe people in every country should be able to express their views without fear of intimidation, imprisonment, violence or any other forms of repression. That\u2019s true whether they\u2019re political opponents, human rights defenders, journalists like the ones in this audience, or simply citizens.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The UN report suggested that Rwandan troops had been fighting alongside the rebels in Congo. In addition, it speculated that Kigali has been supporting the M-23 rebel group since November. Rwanda\u2019s government has claimed that the UNs findings are false and that they have not been supporting M-23\u2019s actions in the Congo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Met with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UrugwiroVillage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UrugwiroVillage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vbiruta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Vbiruta<\/a> about the U.S.-Rwanda relationship and how to reduce tensions and ongoing violence in the region. We also discussed U.S. concerns about democracy and human rights in Rwanda, including the wrongful detention of Paul Rusesabagina. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZymNMisHDk\">pic.twitter.com\/ZymNMisHDk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken\/status\/1557658242746122242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Blinken said the US will work to ensure that every country will be able to experience freedoms like those that are enjoyed by Americans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/vp-harris-touts-claims-of-0-inflation-in-july-despite-cpi-data-showing-inflation-dropped-to-8-5\/\">VP Harris Touts Claims Of 0% Inflation In July Despite CPI Data Showing Inflation Dropped To 8.5%<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Blinken is on a ten day trip to Cambodia, Philippines, South Africa, Congo, and Rwanda. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, Pool) OAN NewsroomUpdated 10:05 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, August 11, 2022 Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Rwanda\u2019s capital &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1601284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1601284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}