Tshisekedi and Kagame accuse one another of being the problem to those very efforts to end the conflict that has raged Eastern DRC for the last 30 years.

Rwanda, DRC give mixed signals in bid to end tensions

On Thursday March 21, high-level Congolese and Rwandan delegations met in Luanda to prepare for the meeting between Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame.
AdvertisementIdeally the AU, SADC and EAC have been working on reviving talks between the two leaders and possibly also with the rebels.
The former refers to dialogue directly between Kinshasa and Kigali while the latter is dialogue between Kinshasa and armed groups in Eastern DRC.
Kigali argues that real peace can only be realised if the group’s grievances are addressed by the Congolese government.
Recent statements from Washington have demanded that FDLR leave Congolese territory just as much as Kigali has to stop supporting M23.