Relations between two nations have worsened since Belgian government
ended co-operation on projects in former colony over human rights and
security concerns
The Democratic Republic of Congo
has ordered Belgium to close a consulate and cut flights by Brussels
Airlines in a further deterioration of relations between the European
nation and its former Central African colony.
Belgium’s
foreign ministry said it had shut a diplomatic office in the
south-eastern city of Lubumbashi after being told to do so by Kinshasa.
Congo has also decided to close its consulate in the northern Belgian
city of Antwerp.
Brussels Airlines, owned by Germany’s Lufthansa, has had its
flights to and from Kinshasa cut from seven a four week to four, a
foreign ministry spokesman added.
The airline said it had been told by Congolese authorities
the reduction was because of “an absence of reciprocity” in
international air services between the two countries.
Congo’s foreign ministry was not immediately available for comment.
Relations between the two counties have worsened since the
start of the year, when Belgium decided to end co-operation on a number
of projects with the Congolese government over concerns about the Central African country’s human rights and security situation.
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