President Museveni US Ambassador Discuss DR Congo as M23 Rebels Enter Goma

Officers of the Rwanda armed forces guard soldiers of the DRC army who had surrendered

 

HABARI DAILY I Kampala, Uganda I  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today met and held discussions with William W. Popp, the United States of America Ambassador to Uganda.

The meeting, which was held at State House Entebbe focused on enhancing cooperation and advancing shared interests between Uganda and the United States, according to a State House press statement.

However, a source within State House intimated to Habari Daily that the two officials also discussed regional peace and stability, given the fragile nature of DR Congo.

 

“That is one of the thorny issues right now, and its giving leaders a headache,” he said without divulging further details.

 

Fighting rages

Residents in Goma, the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), were fleeing on Monday after the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces.

Fighting escalated despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for the rebels to withdraw.

 

Peace talks?

As fighting rages on, Kenyan President William Ruto, his Congolese and Rwandan counterparts have reportedly agreed to attend an emergency summit.

“We do not see, from where I sit, a possibility of a military solution to the challenges that face eastern DRC. A direct engagement with M23 and all the other stakeholders in the theatre in eastern DRC is a necessity he told a press conference earlier in the day.

Kenya currently heads the eight-member East African Community (EAC), of which both DR Congo and Rwanda are members.

 

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