More than 50 people died in the September violence and European Union foreign ministers had made clear in October they would go ahead with sanctions if Kabila showed no sign of leaving office when his term ends on December 19.
ES dalībvalstu ārlietu ministri oktobrī lika skaidri saprast, ka piemēros sankcijas, ja Kabila neizrādīs nekādu gatavību atstāt prezidenta amatu, kad viņa termiņš beigsies.