{"id":97821,"date":"2025-03-13T17:13:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T17:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/kagame-dr-congo-must-accept-peace-talks-with-m23"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T17:13:43","slug":"kagame-dr-congo-must-accept-peace-talks-with-m23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/kagame-dr-congo-must-accept-peace-talks-with-m23","title":{"rendered":"Kagame: DR Congo must accept peace talks with M23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>President Paul Kagame has emphasised that resolving the ongoing crisis in DR Congo will require the Congolese government to \u201chold the bull by its horns\u201d and engage the AFC\/M23 rebels peacefully, rather than militarily.<\/p>\n

He said this in an interview with Mario Nawfal, an American blogger, who was in Rwanda last week, to discuss among other things, DR Congo crisis.<\/p>\n

Kinshasa has for long denied any possibility for peace with the rebels, who took control of Goma and Bukavu, two major cities in eastern DR Congo, since the beginning of 2025.<\/p>\n

Kagame said that while a perfect resolution may not be immediately achievable, fighting needs to stop to give way for processes that address the root causes of the conflict. He laid out a three-step path to peace in eastern DR Congo.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, what is needed is for parties involved, and others who want to support to stop the fighting, to have a ceasefire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Secondly, he said there needs to be a process that resolves the political issues peacefully, by recognizing the concerns of M23, who fight for the protection of Congolese Tutsi communities that have been victims of ethnic violence for decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that will require the leaders of Congo to take the bull by its horns and accept the reality, and say, \u2018I must talk to these Congolese opposed to me; I must listen to them and [know] what their grievances are.\u2019 Even if they picked six out of 10 grievances and said, \u2018Okay, on these ones we agree, on the other four, we don’t agree.\u2019 That’s progress,\u201d Kagame said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree, they must recognise the security concerns of Rwanda and address them because they are based in Congo and in fact, they’ve been associated with the Congolese government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rwanda has for years expressed concerns about the collaboration between the Congolese army and the FDLR, a group linked to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The UN-sanctioned group is also implicated in the persecution of Congolese Tutsi communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if we got minimum on the three [issues], a ceasefire, political concerns of the Congolese addressed, and then the security concerns of Rwanda \u2014 they are not going to be negotiated,\u201d Kagame said.<\/p>\n

However, he noted that a major roadblock on this potential path was Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi\u2019s insistence on a military solution to the problem and denial of any possibility of direct peace talks with the AFC\/M23 rebels.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Angolan President Joa\u0303o Lourenc\u0327o met with Tshisekedi in Luanda and announced that he would arrange direct negotiations between DR Congo and M23 in the coming days.<\/p>\n

Kagame added that Rwanda remains committed to peace in the region and called on the international community to support peaceful efforts for DR Congo.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven those countries that have interests in Congo \u2014 it\u2019s their right to have interests there \u2014 they should also find that their interests would be served better by solving these problems in this manner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Rwanda. President Paul Kagame has emphasised that resolving the ongoing crisis in DR Congo will require the Congolese government to \u201chold the bull by its horns\u201d and engage the AFC\/M23 rebels peacefully, rather than militarily. 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