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Rwanda has chopped diplomatic ties with Belgium, saying it has been "consistently undermined" by the European federation during the ongoing struggle successful the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Brussels has been starring calls for European nations to authorisation Rwanda implicit its enactment for the M23, a rebel radical astatine the centre of DR Congo's crisis.
The authorities successful Kigali, Rwanda's capital, person fixed Belgian diplomats 48 hours to permission the country.
Belgium, which is the erstwhile assemblage power, has said it volition respond to these measures and labelled Rwanda's determination "disproportionate".
Despite assertions from bodies similar the UN and US, Rwanda has denied backing the M23.
In its connection connected Monday, Kigali accused Brussels of attempting to "sustain its neo-colonial delusions".
"Belgium has intelligibly taken sides successful a determination struggle and continues to systematically mobilise against Rwanda successful antithetic forums, utilizing lies and manipulation to unafraid an unjustified hostile sentiment of Rwanda, successful an effort to destabilise some Rwanda and the region," the connection said.
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot responded to Rwanda's measures connected societal media, saying: "This is disproportionate and shows that erstwhile we disagree with Rwanda they similar not to prosecute successful dialogue."
Prevot said Rwandan diplomats successful Belgium volition beryllium declared "persona non grata".
This declaration tin pb to the removal of diplomatic presumption and often results successful the expulsion oregon the withdrawal of designation of envoys.
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