France has led European Union condemnation of attacks on embassies in Kinshasa. Germany said it had canceled planned consultations with Rwanda over alleged support for the M23 rebels, whose advance sparked the violence.

Police in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fired tear gas at protesters in the capital, Kinshasa, on Tuesday, after embassies were attacked over the conflict in the country's east. The demonstrators targeted embassies of countries they accuse of complicity in Rwanda's support of M23 rebels,

Many blame the United States, France and other allies for allowing neighboring Rwanda to fuel a conflict in the country’s east.