Paul Kagame made a statement in which he said that "the entire international community is confused", and referred to the processes in Luanda, led by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, and in Nairobi with criticism.
"People talk about processes as if they were an end in themselves. And the people who lead them have become more important than the results of these processes," he said, stressing that this does nothing to help find solutions to the conflict.
"In the Luanda process, it is as if nothing could be said that displeases President Lourenço," accused the head of state of Rwanda, a country accused of supporting with its troops the rebels of the M23 movement who are fighting to take over part of the DR Congo, in the eastern region.
Regarding his South African counterpart, he said that in the last week he had two conversations with Cyril Ramaphosa, and that he distorted the content, even lying about the ongoing conflict in Goma, the capital of North Kivu, taken by the movement M23.
"If words can change so much from a conversation to a public statement, it says a lot about how these very important issues are being addressed," Kagame said.
"If South Africa wants to contribute to peaceful solutions, that is good, but it is not in a position to take on the role of peacemaker or mediator," he said.
The South African president has blamed the "Rwandan Defence Force militia" for the fighting that resulted in the deaths of 13 South African peacekeepers in eastern DR Congo and said his government will ensure that these forces are "sufficiently supported during this critical mission" in the conflict in the DR Congo, a neighbouring country of Angola.
The Rwandan president, in this context, classified the South African peacekeepers as a "belligerent force" working alongside armed groups targeting Rwanda.
"If South Africa prefers confrontation, Rwanda will take care of the matter at any time," Kagame threatened.
The Rwandan head of state also criticized the President of the DR Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, for his absence at the extraordinary summit of the East African Community (EAC), and stated that the conflict will not be resolved until all parties involved "be part of the [peace] process".
"The country or the person we are talking about is not represented in our discussion and it should be (...). Therefore, I am not sure what impact our discussion will have on the process of finding a solution," Kagame told the summit, which occurred on Wednesday afternoon.
In a speech broadcast on Thursday on the Rwandan government's X social media profile, Kagame criticized the role played so far by the EAC – a regional bloc of eight East African countries – in resolving the conflict.
In his view, African leaders are allowing themselves to be manipulated by Tshisekedi and his supporters, and "the different African governments assume or pretend to be united" in the search for solutions to end the conflict, "while at the same time each country is pulling in a different direction."
At the summit, EAC heads of state demanded an "immediate and unconditional ceasefire" and called on the Congolese government to commit to resolutions directly "with all stakeholders, including the M23 and other armed groups."
For his part, the president of the DR Congo called on young people to enlist en masse in the army, and promised "a vigorous and coordinated response" to make the rebels retreat, while reaffirming the commitment to a peaceful resolution.
The fighting has displaced more than 500,000 people since the beginning of January, according to the Congolese government.
More than 100 dead and around 1000 injured have been taken to hospitals in Goma in the past three days, according to a tally by Agence France-Presse based on hospital reports.
