Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Declaration of Renunciation of Armed Conflict by Anti-Government Forces in Rwanda

April 4, 2005

  1. The Government of Japan welcomes the news that the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) declared on March 31 in Rome the renunciation of armed conflict with the Government of Rwanda and showed its intention to return to Rwanda.
  2. The Government of Japan, attaching importance to the consolidation of peace in Africa, has steadily supported through the TICAD process the Great Lakes Region, which is suffering from conflict.
  3. The fulfillment of this declaration is important for peace and security in the Great Lakes Region as a whole. The Government of Japan strongly expects that the FDLR, based on this declaration, will proceed to demobilize and return to Rwanda.
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