Democratic Republic of Congo has demanded the expulsion of the spokesman of the United Nations Mission (MONUSCO), Mathias Gillman, over inappropriate comments in before recent demonstrations against the UN peacekeepers, IgbereTV reports
DRC’s Foreign Minister, Christophe Lutundula, who made the request in a letter to the UN, said the government considers that the current tensions between the mission and the population were due to the “indelicate and inopportune statements.
The letter read: “The Congolese government considers that the presence of this official on the national territory is not likely to promote a climate of mutual trust and serenity so essential between the Congolese institutions and MONUSCO.”
