President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi have held phone conversations aimed at resolving the current security issues.
The encouraging development was revealed by the Chairperson of the Africa Union, Senegal President MackySall, on Monday, May 30, when he tweeted thanking both leaders for “our telephone conversations yesterday and today in the quest for a peaceful solution to the dispute” between the DR Congo and Rwanda.
Sall noted that he is encouraging Angolan President João Lourenço, who is the current Chairperson of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) “to continue his mediation efforts in this direction.”
A day earlier, on May 29, Sall called for dialogue betweenKigali and Kinshasa as tensions escalated between the two neighbours following the resurgence of the M23 rebellion in the DR Congo’s restive east.
Increasing tension between the DR Congo army (FARDC) and M23 rebels near the common border is threatening to drag Rwanda into the conflict.
