FIGHTING between government forces and M23 rebels continues in Eastern DRC near the strategic city of Goma in North Kivu province and the former President of Kenya who is an EAC mediator Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in Kinshasa for peace talks that will take place on November 21.

"The message we have today is that all the groups that are currently carrying weapons should lay down those weapons and choose the path of peace through dialogue because nothing can be achieved through gunfire", said Uhuru Kenyatta, former President.

of Kenya and facilitator of the East African Community on the Peace Process in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Congolese government accuses Rwanda of supporting the rebels, accusations rejected by Kigali.

"Put down the guns and join the political process.

That's for local groups.

For foreign groups, it basically says that the DRC is no longer a battlefield for problems that do not originate in this country", added the former President.

Eastern DRC was the scene of two bloody wars in the 1990s, leaving many armed groups still alive in the region.