During a meeting with President Félix Tshisekedi on Tuesday, the undersecretary general reaffirmed his organization’s determination to alert the international community and the Security Council on the dangers of the current situation, the Congolese Press Agency reported.

The two sides discussed a plan for the withdrawal of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC, known as MONUSCO, on which Lacroix said they are actively working to achieve the objectives of a gradual and satisfactory withdrawal, as approved by the UN Security Council in 2023.

He also expressed MONUSCO’s willingness to support the Southern African Development Community Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC), which has been deployed on the national territory since December.

Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who has been in the country for a few days, has just returned from a tour of the eastern cities of Beni, Goma, and Bukavu to learn about the preparations for the withdrawal of the UN mission and the situation of the populations affected by violence in the region.

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