The meeting, mediated by Qatar, was attended by Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, along with Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. No details were disclosed on how an agreed-upon ceasefire would be implemented or monitored.

Earlier efforts to negotiate a ceasefire with M23 rebels failed after the EU sanctioned rebel leaders. The rebels exited these negotiations on Monday.

Qatar has previously mediated peace talks for conflicts involving Afghanistan’s Taliban, Chad, and the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.

A diplomat familiar with the meeting stated that both presidents officially requested Qatar’s mediation and added that the talks aimed to build trust rather than resolve all issues. The Peace talks that were planned for December but got cancelled after Rwanda insisted on direct dialogue between Congo and the M23 rebels.

In January, the conflict escalated with the rebels seizing the city of Goma, and Bukavu in February. M23 is one of the many armed groups operating in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the Rwandan border, causing a significant humanitarian crisis and displacing over 7 million people.

According to a U.N. report, approximately 4,000 Rwandan troops support the rebels. The U.N. recently launched an investigation into the allegations of atrocities committed by both sides.