{"id":53411,"date":"2025-03-15T21:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T21:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/m23-confirms-receipt-of-angola-s-invitation-for-direct-talks-with-the-drc-gov-t\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T21:45:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T21:45:49","slug":"m23-confirms-receipt-of-angola-s-invitation-for-direct-talks-with-the-drc-gov-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/m23-confirms-receipt-of-angola-s-invitation-for-direct-talks-with-the-drc-gov-t\/","title":{"rendered":"M23 confirms receipt of Angola\u2019s invitation for direct talks with the DRC Gov\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Louren\u00e7o\u2019s office announced that talks between M23 representatives and the DRC government are scheduled to begin on March 18, 2025.<\/p>\n

The AFC\/M23 coalition, which opposes the Congolese government, has insisted that President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi must clearly demonstrate his willingness to engage in dialogue.<\/p>\n

The invitation, signed by Angola\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tete Antonio, states that at the request of President Louren\u00e7o and in alignment with the African Union\u2019s peace and security efforts in eastern DRC, AFC\/M23 is formally invited to the discussions.<\/p>\n

The letter further reads: \u201cThe Government of Angola is pleased to invite you to participate in direct negotiations with the Government of the DRC, scheduled for March 18, 2025, in Luanda, Angola.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recently, AFC\/M23\u2019s political spokesperson, Lawrence Kanyuka, expressed appreciation for President Louren\u00e7o\u2019s continued efforts to bring peace to eastern DRC.<\/p>\n

However, he also noted that the DRC government has repeatedly stated that it has no intention of negotiating with AFC\/M23, and therefore, M23 fighters need a clear confirmation that Tshisekedi has changed his stance.<\/p>\n

On February 8, 2025, leaders from the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) met and agreed that hostilities and provocations should cease, and that the DRC government should enter negotiations with AFC\/M23.<\/p>\n

However, the DRC government has consistently refused to engage with M23, labeling it a terrorist group that harms civilians, a claim that M23 has denied, asserting instead that it protects local communities.<\/p>\n

Following the announcement of the negotiation date, M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa stated that the group\u2019s fighters were prepared to defeat Tshisekedi militarily until he agrees to peace talks.<\/p>\n

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The armed group M23 has received an invitation from Angolan President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o to participate in direct negotiations aimed at restoring peace in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000083675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000083675,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-432.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-432.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-432.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-432.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-432.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-432.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000083675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53411"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53411"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}