Can the Doha meeting end war in Congo’s east?

Tuesday’s meeting between the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Qatar rekindled hopes for a resolution to the war in Congo’s east.

The meeting became as soon as the first time the two leaders talked exact now after rather a lot of months of trading adverse barbs.

The occasion of Congo’s president believes Kinshasa has the momentum after a succesful marketing campaign to internationally isolate Kigali.

”To begin with, we have to recognise that the M23 has never been in favour of peace, in consequence of on rather a lot of times they were equipped the hand of peace, but they maintain never accredited it, whether at the meetings of the presidents of the SADC, the EAC or the ECCAS. However nowadays this ceasefire has been imposed on them not finest by the African authorities but furthermore, and above all, by Decision 2773 of the United Nations Safety Council, and to that we can add the sanctions which were imposed on them by the United States and Europe,” talked about Jean Thierry Monsenepwo, a member of the Sacred Union, President Felix Tshisekedi’s coalition.

On Monday, the EU introduced sanctions against Rwanda, a rare occurence.

However whether these incentives can power Kigali into concessions remains to be considered. Already controlling two mineral-rich provinces, the rebels maintain critical sway.

Closing December, a meeting between the two leaders in Angola’s capital became as soon as aborted after the Rwandan president became as soon as a no-show.

Kinshasa now looks willing to maintain explain dialogue with the rebels, a proposal it regarded as a non-starter unless two weeks ago.