Rwanda and DRC have been at diplomatic loggerheads since a surge of attacks in eastern Congo by M23 rebels
Kinshasa/Kigali — The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi will meet his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame for talks in Angola this week, officials said on Monday.
Rwanda denies supporting the rebels and has, in turn, accused the DRC army of fighting alongside insurgents — a face-off that has raised fears of fresh conflict in the region. Earlier on Monday, Kagame said he did not mind Rwanda being excluded from a regional military force set up in April to fight rebels in eastern DRC, removing a potential stumbling block to the initiative.“I have no problem with that. We are not begging anyone that we participate in the force,” Kagame told Rwanda’s state broadcaster in a wide-ranging interview.
At the end of March, the M23 started waging its most sustained offensive in DRC’s eastern borderlands since capturing vast swathes of territory in 2012/2013.
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