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Congo rebels to go to Uganda for negotiations

By JEROME DELAYMELANIE GOUBY
Published December 5, 2012 6:46pm ET
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Congo rebels to go to Uganda for negotiations
Congolese M23 rebel president Jean Marie Runiga walks with his security guards near the Congo-Uganda border town of Bunagana Wednesday Dec. 5 2012. Speaking to the Associated Press, Runiga said they would not accept for the Kinshasa government to pay the M23 expenses at the scheduled Kampala talks later this week, as the two are still in a belligerent state. M23 rebels completed their withdrawal from the strategic eastern city of Goma on Saturday, in compliance with an agreement reached between the rebel group and a regional body, they could still be seen in positions three kilometers from Goma airport. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) | Jerome Delay

BUNAGANA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s M23 rebels are sending a delegation to Kampala, Uganda, to negotiate with the Congolese government on Thursday, the rebels’ president said.

“Our delegation will drive to Kampala for talks,” M23 president Jean-Marie Runiga told The Associated Press Wednesday.

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