Congolese President Joseph Kabila said that rebel leader Laurent Nkunda's extradition process was ongoing. Following heavy criticism, he also said Rwandan and Ugandan troops in the DRC would leave by the end of February.
Hutu rebels denied on Sunday that nine people were killed in clashes with joint Congolese-Rwandan forces, as the military had reported the day before. The UN has not confirmed the army's statement, while civilians have expressed safety fears.
Nine Rwandan Hutu rebels were killed in the Congo by a joint Congolese-Rwandan force, Kinshasa said Saturday. The deployment and arrest of rebel leader Laurent Nkunda mark a striking turnaround in relations between the two countries.
Following the announcement of a ceasefire by renegade militants of the Tutsi rebel group CNDP, leaders of the Pareco faction of the pro-government Mai-Mai militia announced a cessation of hostilities against the CNDP.
A rebel Tutsi group that split last week from Laurent Nkunda's movement has declared a cessation of hostilities with DR Congo's government army. The announcement was made in the eastern city of Goma in front of Congo's interior minister.
The UN Security Council has unanimously renewed the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo for a year. The mission, known as MONUC, is due to receive an additional 3,000 peacekeepers.
UN mediator Olusegun Obasanjo said that negotiations between the Congolese government and Laurent NKunda's CNDP in Nairobi were not making any progress because rebel negotiators had to refer to their superiors constantly.
Delegates from the Congolese government are to meet with rebels loyal to leader Laurent NKunda in Nairobi in Kenya on Monday.But NKunda threatened to quit if the talks were to involve other armed groups of the region.
