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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: UN chief 'backs EU force for DR Congo' AFP - Monday, December 1 BRUSSELS (AFP) - - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is in favour of sending an interim European force to Democratic Republic of Congo until peacekeeping reinforcements arrive, Belgium's foreign minister said Sunday. The UN Security Council has approved an additional 3,000 peacekeepers for the Congo mission, but the deployment "is going to take some time," Karel De Gucht told Belgium's VRT television. "For that reason, the United Nations hopes that an European military force could come and fill in the gap during this period," De Gucht said. His spokesman Bart Ouvry told AFP that Ban had talked about an interim European force during De Gucht's discussions with him this week at UN headquarters in New York. The UN secretary general explained that help was needed to ease the humanitarian crisis caused by the fighting between rebels and Congolese government forces in eastern Nord-Kivu province. "The reinforcement of 3,000 soldiers is going to take several months, and in the interval Mr Ban Ki-moon thinks that an European interim force would be needed," if it could be deployed, Ouvry said. He added, however, that Belgium would have to see how many European countries would be willing to contribute troops to such a force. The question is expected to be taken up at ministerial talks next week at NATO headquarters in Brussels, as well as at an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting in Helsinki. Last month Belgium and France proposed sending troops to Nord-Kivu province, the central battleground of the conflict, to support the humanitarian efforts of the UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Belgium was the colonial power in Congo before its independence in June 1960, while France -- which holds the rotating EU presidency, and which put the resolution for more MONUC troops before the Security Council -- has a long-standing interest in central Africa. But several EU member states, including Germany, are not in favour of military support -- preferring to back humanitarian organisations and political mediation. Long simmering tensions between the Kinshasa government and rebels led by Tutsi ex-general Laurent Nkunda spilled over into a new conflict in August, displacing 250,000 people and creating a humanitarian disaster. Calls for an EU force to help protect civilians in eastern Congo have also come from a group of former world leaders. In an open letter Thursday, the group, including Nobel Peace Prize winners Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former South African president F. W. de Klerk, urged EU leaders to use their "personal political leadership" to help ease the crisis. "The situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is a clear humanitarian catastrophe," they wrote, noting that "the peacekeeping force on the ground is currently unable to protect the hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk." Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: World Chavez seeks indefinite re-election, againAP - 38 minutes ago Bush sending Rice to India in aftermath of attacksAP - 42 minutes ago Colombian consul recalled to BogotaAP - 45 minutes ago Space shuttle Endeavour finishes 16-day missionAP - 51 minutes ago Biden picks key staff for vice president's officeAP - 58 minutes ago Enlarge Photo United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks at a news conference at UN headquarters in New York City, November 11. Ki-moon is in favour of sending an interim European force to Democratic Republic of Congo until peacekeeping reinforcements arrive, Belgium's foreign minister said Sunday. Most Popular – World Viewed Saudi king says 75 dollar oil price 'fair' World's oldest person dies at 115 years Love handles increase death risk: study Michael Jackson strikes 'amicable' deal with Arab sheikh At least 381 dead after Nigeria clashes: witness View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular

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