Press Release: Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the situation in North Kivu

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission on 30 August 2013 expressed her strong concerns regarding the escalation of violence in the Goma region and on the border with Rwanda.

She deplored the death of a Tanzanian UN peacekeeper and the injuries resulting from fighting with M23 on Congolese territory, and at the same time the civilian victims of shells which landed on the Rwandan city of Gisenyi.

Ashton called for an independent investigation by the joint verification mechanism, to determine the origin of shells falling on Rwandese territory.

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