Fighting in the mineral-rich east of the DRC has recently intensified with the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group launching a lightning offensive and capturing two provincial capitals within a few weeks.
However, Qatar unexpectedly announced that Kagame and Tshisekedi had met in Doha for talks mediated by Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
“The heads of state reaffirmed the commitment of all parties to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire” as agreed at an African summit last month, the statement said.
Negotiations must continue to establish solid foundations for a lasting peace, according to Qatar, whose diplomatic efforts have also focused in recent years on conflicts in Yemen and between Israel and the Palestinians as well as in Afghanistan.
Qatari investments
The wealthy Gulf nation already tried to mediate peace in the DRC two years ago, the expert said.
In Rwanda, it is also financing, among other things, the building of a new airport hub near the capital to the tune of more than one billion dollars.
Since last month, the heads of state of the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community have called for an immediate ceasefire amid fears the conflict could ignite a wider regional crisis.
All diplomatic attempts to resolve the conflict in the eastern DRC have failed until now.
In mid-December, Tshisekedi and Kagame had been due to meet in Luanda but the two sides could not agree on the terms of an accord and the summit was cancelled at the last minute.
AFP has not been able to verify the figure independently.
Rwanda denies providing the M23 with military assistance but says it faces a threat in the DRC’s east from the FDLR group, founded by ethnic Hutu leaders involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide of the Tutsis.
The last time the Congolese government and the M23 held talks was in 2013.
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