DR Congo, M23 group sign peace framework in Qatar

By Mohammad Sio

ISTANBUL (AA) - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the rebel March 23 Movement (M23) signed a peace framework in Doha on Saturday following Qatari and US mediation.

Qatari Minister of State at the Foreign Ministry Mohammed Al-Khulaifi said the agreement, known as the Doha Framework for Comprehensive Peace, “lays the foundation for peace and stability” between Kinshasa and the M23.

In statements carried by Al Jazeera television, Khulaifi said efforts are now focused on turning the peace framework into concrete progress on the ground.

“Work is continuing to achieve peace through appropriate mechanisms for implementing the agreement in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” he said.

The state minister added that the breakthrough was reached after “the good offices of our partners, led by the United States, the African Union and Togo.”