Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe had an engaging phone conversation with Huang Xia, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region.
The discussion between Olivier Nduhungirehe and Huang Xia touched on the security situation in the region and the need for a political solution to the conflict.
Tensions have been rising steadily between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in recent months, as the M23 insurgency continues to gain ground in the eastern DRC and the humanitarian situation there worsens.
The DRC has accused Rwanda of backing M23 rebels, an accusation rejected by both Kigali and the M23 rebel group.
Rwanda has repeatedly accused the DRC of colluding with the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda), a Rwandan Hutu rebel movement, some of whom were involved in the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda. FDLR rebels also operate in eastern Congo. (End)