Kinshasa and the M23 rebels failed to seal a
deal last month after wrangling over what it should be called – the rebels were
ready to sign a peace agreement, but Congo's negotiators wanted to call
it a declaration reflecting the rebels' defeat.

"I think (Kabila) wants to breathe new
life into the process … Uganda
would implore DRC to sign this agreement with the rebels," Uganda
government spokesman, Ofwono Opondo, told Reuters.

M23 are the latest incarnation of Tutsi-led
insurgents who have fought Congo's
government in eastern regions near the border with Uganda
and Rwanda
for years, amid unrest fuelled by ethnicity, local politics and competition
over land and mineral wealth.

When November's deal was called off at the
eleventh hour, Congo blamed
mediator Uganda,
accusing it of supporting the rebels.

The Kinshasa
government's accusations against neighbouring Uganda
and its failure to conclude a political deal highlight the deep-rooted regional
tensions that are complicating efforts to end Congo's most serious rebellion in a
decade.

Kabila's visit to Uganda,
where he will meet with his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni, comes after a
10-day tour of the main towns in eastern Congo.

During a Nov. 26 stop in Bunia, a town in Congo's far
northeast, U.N.-backed Radio Okapi reported Kabila said he believed a solution
to the dialogue with M23 could be completed by Dec. 15.

Kabila reiterated Kinshasa's
position that Congo
was seeking a statement from the rebels declaring the end of the movement. M23,
however, has sought an "agreement" with the government.