Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday accused the United Nations of “preserving terrorism” in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In a statement from the president’s office, Museveni said that the UN peacekeepers have failed to curb deadly attacks by insurgents operating in mineral-rich eastern Congo.
“The United Nations is responsible for preserving terrorism in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” Museveni said in a statement to the U.N.
Museveni made the remarks after meeting U.N. officials investigating an ambush of peacekeepers in eastern Congo last month that left 15 dead and 53 wounded, Reuters reports.
Uganda’s rebel group, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) operating in the region was widely blamed for the attack.
The attack was described by U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres as the worst on the world body in recent history, since its deployment in 1999.
Uganda after the attack carried out air and artillery strikes on the group. The country is working to prevent the ADF from re-entering Uganda’s oil-rich western region.
