'DRC-M23 Talks Headed In Right Direction In Doha'

2025-07-11 04:02:00

(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan-backed M23 group are“progressing in the right direction”, a diplomat told AFP yesterday after their negotiators met in Qatar.
The M23 rebels had called last week for more talks to address problems left out of a peace agreement between Kigali and Kinshasa inked in Washington in June to end fighting that has killed thousands of people in eastern Congo.
Negotiators from the DR Congo government and the M23 were working with Qatari mediators to“resolve the remaining issues”, the diplomat said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks.
Mediators were seeking to“alleviate the suffering of the local population, reinforce the ceasefire, and encourage further steps towards reconciliation”, the diplomat added.
But the M23, the main armed group fighting Congolese forces, was not present at the Washington talks and called for a separate ceasefire deal with the DRC government.

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