The Rwandan government has disagreed with the position of French President Emmanuel Macron after Macron is reported to have said that “effort has not been made by the M23 and those who hold the airport” to allow flights to resume, insisting that “all the administrative conditions have nevertheless been met by DR Congo”.
Responding, the Rwandan Foreign Minister, Olivier Nduhungirehe, said the French President’s statement was inconsistent with the October 30 Humanitarian Conference on the Great Lakes Region in Paris. He stressed that “…no consensus emerged among the participants regarding a peremptory decision for the immediate reopening of Goma Airport.”
Some analysts have said the future of Goma Airport has become a litmus test for whether the peace process can shift from rhetoric to implementation.
