{"id":53298,"date":"2022-11-08T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.bwiza.com\/2022\/11\/08\/dr-congo-speaks-out-on-fighter-jet-violation-of-rwandan-air-space\/"},"modified":"2022-11-08T07:00:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T07:00:12","slug":"dr-congo-speaks-out-on-fighter-jet-violation-of-rwandan-air-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=53298","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo speaks out on fighter jet violation of Rwandan air space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has admitted that its fighter jet flew over the Rwandan airspace on Monday \u2013 an act Kigali had earlier described as \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the government of Rwanda, the incident, which happened at around 11 a.m. on Monday, November 7, involved a Sukhoi-25 jet.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the Rwanda government spokesperson said the jet \u201cbriefly touched down\u201d at Rubavu Airport and \u201cno military action was taken in response\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Government of the Republic has learned that as part of the reconnaissance flights carried out by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), an unarmed Congolese aircraft of Sukhoi-25 type accidentally flew over the Republic of Rwanda&#8217;s airspace, on the border of the two countries,\u201d read a statement shared by the communication ministry.<\/p>\n<p>It added that \u201cin the same way that it values its territorial integrity, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has never had an intention to violate that of its neighbours.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has admitted that its fighter jet flew over the Rwandan airspace on Monday \u2013 an act Kigali had earlier described as \u201cunacceptable.\u201d According to the government of Rwanda, the incident, which happened at around 11 a.m. on Monday, November 7, involved a Sukhoi-25 jet. 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