As UN intervention brigade troops gather in the DRC, M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa claims that the Congolese government is now refusing to continue peace talks in Uganda’s capital.
In a letter to the U.N. Secretary-General’s special envoy for the Great Lakes region, Mr Bisimwa wrote, “Government delegates arrived in Kampala on Wednesday to tell the mediator that they will no longer negotiate with M23.”
Meanwhile, DRC spokesperson Lambert Mende told the AP that the mediator had asked both sides to put forth proposals, and that Bisimwa is stalling.
“What the government is waiting for now is for the facilitator to deliver to both parties a synthesis of the proposals …. The M23 wants to restart with things that we’ve talked about for six months. They are trying to buy themselves time,” said Mr Mende.
