Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have rejected the decision by the UN to deploy a special attack force to dismantle armed groups in the east of the country.
The political leader of the M23 Bertrand Bisimwa said that the option taken by the UN is not promoting dialogue to end the conflict.
The United Nations Security Council last week approved the deployment of a 2,000 strong Intervention Brigade with an offensive mandate to “neutralise” armed groups.
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