This will includie the M23 rebels to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) conflict.

The joint summit, which was held in Tanzania over the weekend, brought together the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to consider the deteriorating security situation in the eastern DRC and to find a sustainable political solution.

Ramaphosa was replying to political parties in Parliament after the State of the Nation Address (SONA) debate.

“We, as South Africa insisted that non state parties must also be included and that M23, which has now invaded and taken over Goma, must also be part of this negotiation and dialogue. And we were able during that discussion to put forward our own experience as a nation that as we brought the horror of apartheid to an end, it was incumbent on all of us to include state parties and non state parties,” adds Ramaphosa.

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