Plan for Zaire force evaporates US cools on troop commitment as Rwandan refugees end exile

THE Clinton administration and its international allies began to back off from their plan to send troops to eastern Zaire yesterday, as hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees ended their two-year exile and returned home. Conceding that the original need for a military mission was evaporating, the...

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Published inThe Guardian (London)
Main Author JONATHAN FREEDLAND IN WASHINGTON
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Manchester (UK) Guardian News & Media Limited 18.11.1996
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Summary:THE Clinton administration and its international allies began to back off from their plan to send troops to eastern Zaire yesterday, as hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees ended their two-year exile and returned home. Conceding that the original need for a military mission was evaporating, the United States defence secretary, William Perry, stepped back from a commitment to dispatch troops to the region and said no decision on US deployment had yet been taken. Mr Perry's comments came as South Africa and Central African countries signalled that they no longer saw any need for a multinational force - which many had privately opposed in the first place.
ISSN:0261-3077