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A Press Statement of U.S. Department of State
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Date: 17 March 2000 09:01

U.S. Department of State
Office of the Spokesman
Press Statement



Press Statement by James P. Rubin, Spokesman
March 15, 2000

Democratic Republic of The Congo

On February 20 the Archbishop of Bukavu was prevented from returning to his diocese. Despite protests from the Vatican, the European Community and the United States, Archbishop Kataliko continues to be confined to Butembo in North Kivu province, unable to return to Bukavu in South Kivu near the Rwanda border.

This action serves to heighten emotions and exacerbate tensions in opposition-controlled areas of eastern Congo, particularly in South Kivu, and therefore works against the cause of peace. As a leader of his church and civil society in South Kivu province, Archbishop Kataliko can and should be a catalyst for reconciliation among all the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

We have received reports of extremist literature and radio broadcasts that advocate violence and hate being disseminated in eastern Congo. This is a dangerous development that further threatens peace efforts in the entire region.

The United States urges the rebel group RCD-Goma and the Government of Rwanda to facilitate the return of the Archbishop to Bukavu immediately. We call on all regional religious, civil society, political, and private sector leaders to cease provocative language and actions that may inflame inter-ethnic tensions and to work for peace and intercommunal reconciliation in the context of an overall peace settlement.

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