Kinshasa, 02 March-(ANA)-Hutu rebels have retaken positions they lost in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN peacekeepers say.
The UN says it has reports that FDLR rebels captured several villages and a former military training school, days after Rwandan troops began to withdraw.
However, Congolese officials said the rebels made "hit-and-run" raids, denying it was a major regrouping.
In January, the government in Kinshasa allowed thousands of Rwandan soldiers to enter eastern DR Congo to fight the remnants of the Rwandan Hutu militia.
Some of the FDLR rebels are accused of taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, before fleeing across the border into DR Congo.
In a separate development, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon - on a visit to Rwanda - said achieving peace in the volatile region depended on co-operation between the governments in Kinshasa and Kigali.
He said he welcomed a plan by Rwanda's President Paul Kagame for the establishment of full diplomatic relations with DR Congo, speaking of his hope for a "new chapter" in relations between the two neighbours. (ANA)
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