Post date: Mar 18, 2013 10:23:6 PM
A U.S. State Department spokeswoman confirms that Rwandan-born former Congolese General Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the International Criminal Courtfor suspected war crimes in Congo, has given himself up at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali. The State Department also confirms that Syrian government aircraft fired rockets into northern Lebanon.
WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (MARCH 18, 2013) (STATE TV) - The U.S. State Department confirmed on Monday (March 18) that Rwandan-born former Congolese General Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by theInternational Criminal Court for suspected war crimes in Congo, has given himself up at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali.
"I can confirm that this morning Bosco Ntaganda, and ICC indictee and leader of one of the M23 factions, walked into U.S. Embassy Kigali," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters. "He specifically asked to be transferred to the ICC in the Hague. We are currently consulting with a number of governments, including the Rwandan government, in order to facilitate his request."In the wide-ranging news briefing, Nuland also confirmed that Syrian governmentaircraft fired rockets into northern Lebanon and it described the incident as "a significant escalation."
"We can confirm what you are seeing in the press, that regime jets and helicopters did fire rockets into northern Lebanon," Nuland told reporters at her daily briefing. "This constitutes a significant escalation in the violations of Lebanese sovereignty that the Syrian regime has been guilty of. These kinds of violations of sovereignty are absolutely unacceptable."