Congolese media has reported that the M23 Rebels in DRC have called for immidiate talks with DRC government In a statement released Sunday.
In the statement, the rebels demanded for cessation of hostilities and direct negotiations in 24 hours.
“These negotiations must involve particular Congolese opposition, civil society and the diaspora.
They also demand the demilitarization of the city of Goma and its airport, controlled by the loyalist army supported by MONUSCO, and the reopening of the border Bunagana,” said the statement.
Meanwhile, Vital Kamhere the former president of the DRC’s National Assembly (2007 -2009) has told government to silence guns and talk to M23 rebels.
The rebels are currently said to have advanced into Goma city.its fall to the rebels is a major achievement to the rebels.
“It’s time to silence the guns and talk with the rebels in order to avoid the repetition of history,” Kamhere said Sunday.
In a press statement on the security situation in the eastern DRC, Vital Kamhere considered that the army was “infiltrated” the Congolese soldiers are dying on the front “for nothing.”
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