UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on the situation in DR Congo

An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council related to the development of the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be held on January 28. This was announced by the Permanent Mission of Algeria to the UN on January 27.

"An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the DRC will be held on January 28 at 15:00 (23:00 Moscow time)," TASS quoted the diplomatic mission as saying.

It is specified that this UNSC meeting will be the second in three days. The previous one was held on January 26.

Media said Rwanda is ready to invade DRC

In early January, the March 23 Movement intensified its actions in the eastern part of the DRC. On January 27, M23 leader Kornel Nangaa announced that he had taken control of the city of Goma.

The situation escalated after the DR Congo government severed diplomatic relations with Rwanda and accused the country of supporting the rebels, who launched a new offensive on the town of Goma. On January 26, the DR Congo's foreign ministry announced the immediate withdrawal of its diplomats in the Rwandan capital of Kigali and ordered the country's embassy in Kinshasa to cease operations within 48 hours.

On the same day, the UN Security Council announced an emergency meeting amid fighting in the DR Congo and demanded that the Congolese rebel group "March 23 Movement" stop advancing in the east of the country.