The European Union is not ready to support the UN troops in eastern Congo.
You can blame it is on the "war on terror". EU countries say no one wants to take the lead. Also, they are busy in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Belgium says no prospects of EU force in Congo - International Herald Tribune.
Belgium said on Tuesday it saw no prospect for now of a European peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite efforts by the former colonial power to rally backing for such a force.
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has led calls for Europe to provide a rapid reaction force to help overstretched U.N. peacekeepers halt violence in the North Kivu province where rebel attacks have displaced a quarter of a million people.
But Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, whose country has pledged to contribute troops within any European force, acknowledged after talks with European counterparts in Brussels that there was little appetite for such a mission.
"My feeling at this time is that it is not possible to mount a European mission at the moment," De Gucht told a news briefing after consultations.
"No country is willing to take a lead. Secondly, most of the countries say they are overstretched, firstly in Afghanistan but also in Iraq, so they have no troops ... available," he added.
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