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Rebel and government representatives meet for talks

(21 Dec 2004) TOKO QUALITY SHOTLIST Kirumba, North of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo 1. Arrival of DRC government and military delegation from Kinshasa, shaking hands with military leaders of renegade forces 2. Armed body guards of both renegade and government forces 3. Various of photo opportunity of the governor and military leaders meeting with renegade government forces around the table 4. SOUNDBITE (French) Gabriel Amisi Kumba, DRC General: "This is not a question of Rwanda-phones (people who are in favour of the Rwandan government) but a question of trust. So I have to try to rebuild the trust of these young men, to try to understand their problem and try to find a solution." 5. Various of pro-Rwanda rebels walking about 6. UPSOUND (Swahili) Government policeman speaking to a circle of both rebel and government soldiers: "We shouldn't listen to our politicians, it's the politicians that make us fight between ourselves." STORYLINE Officials from the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly known as Zaire) on Tuesday met renegade soldiers who have been locked in battle with government troops, but it remained unclear if a decision about a ceasefire had been reached. Each side agreed not to advance, but to hold their positions defensively. Kirumba is regarded as the frontline town between both government and rebel forces. The fighting has displaced at least 100-thousand people in the eastern part of the DRC over the last week. On Sunday, the two sides clashed north of Kanyabayonga - the epicentre of battles between troops sent east by the Kinshasa-based central government and the renegade force largely drawn from rebels backed by neighbouring Rwanda during DRC's 1998-2002 war. DRC's government now includes former insurgents, even as army soldiers, but it has struggled to extend its authority into the vast nation's east, plagued by ethnic fighting and revolts by soldiers who once fought for the Rwandan-backed rebels. Rwanda continues to deny that any of its troops have crossed the border, despite repeated threats to send them to disarm Rwandan Hutu militias based in eastern DRC. Rwanda has twice invaded DRC, in 1994 and 1998, on the grounds of chasing down the militias. The second invasion sparked a five-year, six-nation war in DRC that killed an estimated three (m) million-plus Congolese. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...