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European Commission condemns attacks on embassies

by AI | 31.Jan 2025 | Europe in brief AI

The European Commission condemns “any attack on foreign embassies,” said a spokesperson for the European Commission on Tuesday. He did not specifically comment on reports of attacks on various embassies in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, including that of the Netherlands.

EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas. Photo: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP/dpa

BRUSSEL (ANP) – “As a general principle, the European Commission calls for the protection of diplomatic buildings in accordance with the Vienna Convention,” the spokesman added.

According to him, developments in Congo are progressing rapidly. “We are following them closely.”

The EU Foreign Ministers condemned the escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in Brussels, the spokesman said. The ministers also discussed the recent M23 rebels’ capture of Goma. According to the spokesman, member states have “expressed their willingness to take measures against those who endanger peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

The member states urged Rwanda to withdraw its support for M23 and to withdraw its troops from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

EU Chief Kaja Kallas condemned the renewed M23 offensive and the capture of Goma a few days ago. “The continued advance of the M23 is an unacceptable violation of the agreed ceasefire and deepens the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the eastern DRC,” the spokesman said.

(January 28, 2025)