Signing of the Peace deal between the government of Democratic Republic of Congo and the defeated M23 rebels that was slated for Monday in Kampala, as a milestone to stabilising the conflict-prone east was postponed after the Kishasha government requested for more time to review the term of the agreement.
Through his twitter social media account, government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo said "the “DRC delegation has aborted the signing of agreement with M23. Meeting adjourned sine dine.
The M23 rebels were defeated by a combined force of the Congolese Army and an enforcement of the United Nations Intervention Brigade.
The government of Uganda has been brokering the peace deal, led by Defense Minister Dr Crispus Kiyonga.
However, DR Congo Foreign Affairs Minister Raymond Tshibanda said Kinshasa was committed to peace.
"We have been engaged in this process for several months now... We have encountered some difficulties over issues important to us, and we think that these difficulties can be removed before finalising the process," he added.
Allegedly supported by neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda but seemingly abandoned by their sponsors due to international pressure, the M23 announced last week that their 18-month insurgency was over.
Delegations from both Kinshasa's government and the rebels arrived Monday evening at Uganda's State House in Entebbe, a town close to Kampala on the shores of Lake Victoria, where the rebels had been expected to formalise the end of their rebellion in writing.
The M23 military commander, Brigadier Sultani Makenga, is among thousands of fighters currently in Uganda after the fled he heavy fighting. Uganda has been trying with international support to mediate an end to the fighting.
Through his twitter social media account, government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo said "the “DRC delegation has aborted the signing of agreement with M23. Meeting adjourned sine dine.
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| M23 Rebel leader Sultani Makenga and some of his soldiers. |
The government of Uganda has been brokering the peace deal, led by Defense Minister Dr Crispus Kiyonga.
However, DR Congo Foreign Affairs Minister Raymond Tshibanda said Kinshasa was committed to peace.
"We have been engaged in this process for several months now... We have encountered some difficulties over issues important to us, and we think that these difficulties can be removed before finalising the process," he added.
Allegedly supported by neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda but seemingly abandoned by their sponsors due to international pressure, the M23 announced last week that their 18-month insurgency was over.
Delegations from both Kinshasa's government and the rebels arrived Monday evening at Uganda's State House in Entebbe, a town close to Kampala on the shores of Lake Victoria, where the rebels had been expected to formalise the end of their rebellion in writing.
The M23 military commander, Brigadier Sultani Makenga, is among thousands of fighters currently in Uganda after the fled he heavy fighting. Uganda has been trying with international support to mediate an end to the fighting.