He added, “I will do everything I can to continue the dialogue with the various rebel groups, and I will talk with those who are giving expression — although of course in the wrong way — to their expectations of the government and the international community.”
Armed groups have continued to wage attacks against innocent civilians in CAR.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) says, in a Feb.13 report, that while the security situation in the country is improving, there are recurrent clashes between conflicting parties leading to the displacement of people and disruption to access to livelihoods.
Gazzera, who is widely known for his peace efforts in the country, said in the ACN report that it was his responsibility as a religious leader to seek peace.
“As a priest, as a pastor, and as a bishop, everything that hurts or affects my brothers and sisters also hurts me. So I had the responsibility as a priest — and now I have it even more as a bishop — to look after and protect the people in my care,” the member of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCD) said.
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