Rwanda Courts Arsenal, Bayern, PSG to Stay Put Despite Congo Conflict
- Congo asked football clubs to discard Rwanda sponsorship deals
- Rwanda plans to expand offering to other sports, minister says
Rwanda is courting European football clubs to maintain sponsorship deals as the Democratic Republic of Congo steps up pressure on the associations to sever ties, accusing its neighbor of destabilizing its mineral-rich eastern region.
Earlier this month, Congo asked Arsenal FC, Paris Saint-Germain and FC Bayern Munich to terminate the “Visit Rwanda” tourism campaign and ditch the “blood-stained” sponsorship, according to a letter by the nation’s Foreign Affairs Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner to the three clubs.