Nairobi, Nov. 19 -- Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday said Rwandan leader Paul Kagame had agreed to influence ceasefire by M23 rebels, currently fighting Congolese forces.

The announcement came in a communique after Kenyatta, who is the East African Community facilitator of the Nairobi peace process for Democratic Republic Congo, spoke with regional leaders.

Rwanda did not immediately comment on the communique but the revelations may signal the influence Rwanda has on the rebel group, even though the Kagame administration denies supporting them.

Kenyatta had this week visited Kinshasa and Goma where he held consultation meetings on the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He also visited the internally displaced per...