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Ceasefire Agreement Broken, M23 Rebels Still Attend Peace Talks

Ceasefire Agreement Broken, M23 Rebels Still Attend Peace Talks

From New Vision

The M23 rebel group has said that it has returned to Kampala to resume talks with the Kinshasa regime after the recent meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.

M23’s seven-man delegation led by Rene Abandi, who is in charge of the group’s foreign affairs, said the meeting with Ban gave them hope because he recognised that they are a movement with genuine issues and seeking political answers to from the Congolese government.

“We have decided to return even without knowing whether the Kinshasa government will come… This shows our political will. We want to dialogue even if the Kinshasa regime is pressing for a military solution,” Abandi told journalists in Kampala.

“That the UN Secretary General came to visit us gave hope to the Congolese people because he gave us a new vision, saying that Kampala was very important to a political solution to our problems…,” he added.

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