"take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept."
"The level of hypocrisy really angered senior people in the White House and in the State Department,"
"Rwanda and the M23 have realized that they have clearly overshot the mark this time,"
"They've deployed over 10,000 troops. And by cutting them off from the front line that was strategically important. Of course that will change if the M23 give up Uvira. We'll have to see how far they withdraw."
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels agreed to withdraw from Uvira following a U.S. request. The rebels entered Uvira near the Burundi and Rwanda borders days after the Congolese and Rwandan governments signed a Washington peace accord. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Rwanda's actions violated the US-brokered deal and vowed to take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept. Rwanda denied supporting M23 and blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for renewed fighting. Analysts said the threat of serious sanctions prompted the retreat and indicated Rwandan influence over M23. The capture of Uvira had given M23 control over the DRC-Burundi land border and disrupted Burundian troop deployments.
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