Rwanda's Kagame unsure if peace deal with Congo will hold

Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Friday he was unsure whether a US-brokered peace deal would hold with Democratic Republic of Congo and warned he would respond to any "tricks" from his neighbour.

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The agreement signed last week calls for Rwandan troops to withdraw within 90 days from eastern Congo, where the United Nations says they are supporting M23 rebels who seized the region's two largest cities earlier this year.

Rwanda denies helping M23 and says its forces are acting in self-defence against Congo’s army and ethnic Hutu militiamen linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, including from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).

Mr Kagame told reporters in Kigali that Rwanda was committed to implementing the deal, but that it could fail if Congo did not live up to its promises to neutralise the FDLR.