CEOAFRICA.com gathered that the ongoing peace talk between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebels has been suspended over disagreements on amnesty for the rebels.

Speaking about the suspension of the talk, Congolese government’s spokesperson, Lambert Mende disclosed:

“There is total disagreement on the general and unconditional amnesty proposed by the Ugandan facilitator, which is absolutely opposed to our position”.

The latest round of peace talk between the two warring sides began in September after an order from leaders of Great Lakes that the two sides go to the round table in Kampala with Uganda as mediator.

Over the weekend, the leader of the M23 was widely quoted in media as saying that a major breakthrough in the peace talks was about to be made, something he attributed to the involvement of the international community.

The Head of the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) Martin Kobler, the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, Mary Robinson and envoys from the European Union (EU) and the United State have been observing the peace talks in Kampala.