Uganda has requested M23 rebels in DRC not to resume fighting.
The rebels had last week threatened to resume fighting against the DRC army.
Okello Oryem, Uganda’s State minister for Foreign Affairs said, “I would urge the M23 to remain calm and collected because the peace process is still going. Let them cease fire as President Yoweri Museveni had told them.”
The rebels stopped fighting in August after President Museveni met them in Kampala and told them to talk with the Kinshasa government.
However, the leader of M23, Bishop Runiga Lugerero, told a press conference at the weeekend in Bunagana that Congolese President Joseph Kabila was not willing to talk peace.
The rebel commander said his group was also opposed to the deployment of an international neutral force proposed after a series of meetings between leaders of countries which form the International Conference for Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) chaired by President Museveni.
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