Former President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday convened a consultative meeting to discuss the ongoing Nairobi Peace Process aimed at establishing peace in eastern DRC.
The meeting was held in Nairobi.
Uhuru is the facilitator of the EAC-led Nairobi Process on the restoration of peace and stability in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
In April, he raised concern that the situation remained of grave concern, particularly on the humanitarian and security aspects.
"The issue of trust remains fundamental to resolving the challenge of security in the eastern DRC. Therefore, it was clear that the Nairobi Process would have to intensify its confidence-building actions," he said.
In May, however, he expressed hope that the ongoing process would bring peace to the region.
The process has seen to the deployment of the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) to stabilise the war-torn eastern DRC.
The Force is expected to stay in the West African country until September 8, 2023.
This is after an extension of its tenure was agreed upon during the 21st extraordinary summit of the EAC heads of state in Bujumbura, Burundi.
The troops from Kenya, Burundi, Uganda and South Sudan are currently in the country to help secure areas from which the M23 has withdrawn.
Among the areas vacated are Sake-Mshaki-Neenero and Kilolirwe in North Kivu on the Western Front.
Uhuru was mandated with handling all communications with the M23 rebels.
The leaders, who had met on June 1, to review the situation in DRC also commended the former Head of State for his role in the peace process.
