KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Where do you go if you want to talk to a negotiator from Congo’s newest rebel group? You can try their office headquarters in Uganda’s capital city.

The rebel group M23, which has been tearing through eastern Congo in recent days, has an office in Kampala, where negotiations for the rebels to pull out of the eastern Congo city of Goma took place over the last week. Rene Abandi, M23’s head of external relations, is based in Kampala. He said M23 is happy with Uganda’s role as a mediator and that Kampala is their venue of choice.