We must strengthen the UN mission in eastern Congo, ask two Belgian MEPs

(B2) Two former Belgian leaders, Louis Michel and Guy Verhofstadt, both MEPs, have rediscovered their public accents to plead in favor of an intervention " enhanced of the UN in the Congo. The former Minister for Foreign Affairs, now co-president of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and the former Prime Minister, now president of ALDE (the Liberal Democrat Group in the European Parliament) asked Brazzaville, Tuesday, for "the immediate constitution of an international force under the aegis of the United Nations with a reinforced mandate, based on chapter VII". Objective : " put an end to the risk of destabilization in eastern Congo which has already displaced more than 800.000 people, including 231.000 since April 2012”, they explain in a press release received at B2. " The international community has a moral obligation to intervene to calm the conflict and put a definitive end to the intolerable abuses of a whole series of armed groups “says Louis Michel. " The mandate of Monusco (United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in DR Congo) must be strengthened so that it has the means to put an end to this situation. At the same time, the international community must encourage permanent dialogue between the countries of the region and more particularly between the DRC and Rwanda.. pleaded the former Minister of Foreign Affairs who has always been a supporter of rapprochement with Kigali.