9/7/2025–|Last update: 23:54 (Mecca time)
Diplomatic sources told the French Press Agency that Qatar will host talks between Democratic Republic of the Congo And the armed “M23” movement to expand the peace agreement signed at the end of June.
The diplomat, who preferred not to be identified, said, “Two delegations from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Umm 23 are now in DohaWhere the Qataris facilitate negotiations.
He pointed out that “the talks will be decisive to reach an agreement”, after Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed a peace agreement at the end of last month, with the aim of putting an end to the conflict in this country.
The M -23 called for new talks last week to discuss the outstanding issues that were not included in the peace agreement signed last month in Washington between Kigali and Kinshasa.
Violence intensification
The diplomatic source explained that “this round of negotiations will be decisive to reach an agreement,” adding that the Qatari intermediaries were working in close cooperation with African Union.
East Democratic Congo, rich in natural resources,, especially minerals, has witnessed successive disputes over 30 years.
In recent months, violence has intensified in this border adjacent to Rwanda, with the control of the anti -government M23 movement against the main cities of Guma and Bocavo.
Violence left thousands of people dead, according to the Congolese government and the United Nations, and led to the exacerbation of the humanitarian crisis of thousands of displaced people.
In early July, experts assigned to United Nations The Rwandan army played a “decisive role” in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, along with the anti-government M-23 group, in the kidnapping attack that led to the fall of the two main cities of Gouma and Bocafo between January and February.
Rwanda denied providing any direct support for the M23 movement, but demanded an end to another armed group, the democratic forces to liberate Rwanda, which was established by Huto members linked to Tutsi’s massacres in the genocide in Rwanda in 1994.