DRC Minister of Information Lambert Mende declared , that between 200-300 rebels had been trained in Rwanda and denounced "the passivity of the Rwandan authorities.

The claim came after the leaking of a UN Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) report stated that 11 deserted rebels had said in interviews that they were Rwandans who had been recruited by their country's military and received basic weapons training before being sent to the DRC to join the insurgents.