The Times: Miliband admits UK may send troops to bolster UN peacekeepers in Congo
David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, admitted today that Britain may have to send troops to bolster the UN peacekeeping force in violence-torn Congo.
Mr Miliband's remark came as the Congolese Government rejected a rebel demand for negotiations, a demand backed by a direct threat to extend the conflict.............
After an emergency mission to the region this weekend, Mr Miliband and his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner are to brief EU colleagues at informal talks in Marseilles later today.
After pouring cold water yesterday on the suggestion that already stretched British troops could be caught up in a new overseas entanglement, Mr Miliband today conceded that such a move was possible. “We have not ruled anything out. It is possible,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme........