The Ministry of Defense is reacting to the report from the UN expert panel which was published in the press on Tuesday. He rejects the conclusions of the experts, who refer in particular to abuses attributed to the armed forces and Russian mercenaries deployed in the country.
In this report, which was called upon by the Security Council to assess compliance with the arms embargo in force in the Central African Republic, the experts discuss in detail the crimes committed by the armed groups of the CPC Coalition, its means of delivery and responsibility. Bozizé. They also provoke the abuses attributed to the Central African Armed Forces and the Russian paramilitaries deployed in the country, as well as government recruitment of militias Central African Republic in the fight against the rebels.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defense rejected the allegations in their entirety, which they see as a way to damage the image of the Central African army. “This is a clear desire to by all means weaken the image of our military institution while continuing to make huge sacrifices to restore state authority across the country. Territory,” said Captain Firmin Amoulo Malo, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense.
“There is no doubt that this defamatory publication based on fabricated and unconfirmed evidence is a strategy that first aims to undermine the morale of our troops but also to get the UN to impose sanctions on Russian allies,” whose mission to restore state authority compromises undoubtedly the actions of the rebels raging in our provinces in blatant violation of the provisions of the political agreement on peace and reconciliation in the Central African Republic. “
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