Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda agree to develop a plan for the withdrawal of the FDLR

MADRID 14 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have agreed on a plan for the withdrawal of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a rebel group that represents one of Kigali’s main concerns in the context of the conflict in eastern DRC.

The parties, who have urged the parties to the conflict to respect the August ceasefire, have commissioned experts to prepare a detailed plan for the implementation of the agreement, the report of which must be analyzed at the next ministerial meeting on a date to be agreed, as reported by the Angop news agency.

The delegations, led by the Congolese Foreign Minister, Thérese Kayikwamba Wagner, and her Rwandan counterpart, Olivier Nduhungirehe, met this weekend in the Angolan capital, Luanda, together with their Angolan counterpart, Téte António. The ministers have also agreed to continue working on the outstanding security issues contained in the draft agreement proposed by the mediator.

DRC and Rwanda have been holding talks for several months under the mediation of Angola to find a solution regarding peace and security in eastern DRC. Kinshasa accuses Kigali of supporting the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group, while Rwandan authorities accuse its neighbor of collaborating with the FDLR rebels – founded and made up mainly of Hutus responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda – – who have taken refuge in their territory for more than a decade.