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The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, has helped redeploy 200 Congolese police to areas liberated from the M23 rebel group, a UN spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary General in the DRC, said this is part of the mission's efforts to assist the government in restoring state authority, UN spokesperson Martin Nesirky told reporters at a daily news briefing.
MONUSCO was committed to support the aerial transportation of a further 300 police officials from the Legion Nationale to North Kivu, Nesirky said, adding that some 900 police officials from other areas will be deployed to Kiwanja, Rutshuru, Rumangabo and other liberated areas.
In addition, the mission will create UN police posts in Kiwanja, Masisi, in the next days, to support the activities of the national police, Nesirky said.
Reiterating that the mission's mandate was to neutralize all armed groups, not only the M23, Kobler insisted that these armed groups should join the political process and emphasized the importance of continuing this process.
On Nov. 5, M23 rebels declared an end to the rebellion it launched since April 2012 in the DRC and the Congolese government had confirmed the development.
A peace deal which was expected to be signed on Monday between the two sides was postponed after Congolese officials asked for more time to study the document.
