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More with our correspondent in Ronda, Juliet Montili
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According to multiple sources, another unexpected meeting took place today in Doha
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but this time with representatives of the M23 Weber Group. They met with Qatarimidiators but did not engage in direct talks with Congolese or Rwandan officials
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Last week, Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart, Felix Chiskeedi
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held their first meeting since the M23 Rebels escalated their offensive. Kagamier insisted that all parties, including the M23
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whom he's been accused of backing, should be part of the political solution
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That meeting, along with their call for a ceasefire, offered a glimmer of hope for the escalation in Eastern DRC
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but the M23, emboldened by a recent series of military victories, dismissed those calls, stating that it was not bound by this statement
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On Thursday, the Congolese army had accused the M-22 of breaking its pledge to withdraw from the area around Wallygali
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instead reinforcing its positions and resuming attacks. For now, the details of today's discussion have not been disclosed to the press
