Talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group are ‘moving in the right direction’, a diplomatic source told newsmen as negotiations continue between the two parties in Qatar.
Congolese and M23 negotiators are currently working with Qatari mediators to try to overcome the remaining obstacles,.
Last week, the M23 had called for the resumption of talks to resolve the outstanding issues in the peace deal facilitated by the US and signed in Washington last month between Kinshasa and Kigali.
The treaty is aimed at putting an end to the fighting that has claimed thousands of lives in eastern Congo. But unless M23, the most prominent armed group fighting in the region, agrees to it, the conflict is unlikely to end.