By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : With Indian peace-keepers coming under fire in the raging battle between government and rebel forces in Congo, India is seriously weighing its options vis-a-vis its UN-sponsored mission in the war-ravaged African nation.
India has also expressed “concern” over the latest developments in Congo, where three Army personnel, including a Lieutenant Colonel, were injured after being attacked with rockets in the course of a battle between government and rebel forces recently.
“We are very much concerned about the latest developments there. Because we are (caught) in between (government and rebel forces) now. It is a very serious development,” Defence Minister A K Antony told reporters here, on the sidelines of the ongoing Navy Commanders Conference.
Asked if India was having a re-think about its peace-keeping role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Antony said, “We have already taken it up with the United Nations for future course of action.”
However, he did not elaborate on what were the options before India in the wake of its troops coming under attack and several other countries refusing to do the peace-keepers’ role in the troubled northern Kivu province.
“Already I told you we are very much concerned about the latest developments there and that is why we have already taken up with the UN about the future course of our peace-keeping….We now have to proceed for the future,” he said, when asked about the possible outcome of it taking up the matter with the UN.