Belgium's foreign minister told AFP that Rwanda's "legitimate" security concerns in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could not justify its former colony's backing for the M23 armed group. Prevot said Rwanda's security concerns were understandable,

The agreement was signed by the DR Congo's and Rwanda's foreign ministers in the presence of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to respect each other's sovereignty and come up with a draft peace deal by 2 May.

Congo and Rwanda vowed to come up with a draft peace deal by May 2 and refrain from providing military support to armed groups, according to an agreement signed in Washington on Friday as part of diplomatic efforts to end violence in eastern Congo.