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Rwandan troops have entered eastern Democratic Republic of Congo under a pact with the Congolese government to tackle a Rwandan Hutu militia.Rwandan troops have entered eastern Democratic Republic of Congo under a pact with the Congolese government to tackle a Rwandan Hutu militia.
Kigali sent in troops near Kibati refugee camp just north of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. A UN spokesman told the BBC about 2,000 Rwandan troops had crossed the border.
Jean-Paul Dietrich, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo, told the BBC about 2,000 Rwandan personnel had crossed the border. DR Congo and Rwanda agreed last month to take joint action against the FDLR, whose leaders have been linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Rwandan troops were moving to the Tutsi rebel-held town of Rutshuru, he said. Correspondents say the FDLR's presence in eastern DR Congo lies at the heart of the region's instability.
The aim of the joint operation is to defeat the rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
Action against the Hutu group is a key demand of DR Congo's Tutsi rebel CNDP (National Congress for the Defence of the People), which declared a ceasefire last month.
Jean-Paul Dietrich, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo, told the BBC Rwandan troops had entered North Kivu province, in the eastern DR Congo.
Diplomatic and UN sources say they fear a humanitarian disaster because of a possible lack of military planning and consultation with the international community.