ARMY Commanders on Tuesday started negotiations in Kampala in an attempt to find solutions to the violation of the ceasefire agreement that was launched to restore peace to the war-torn country. The negotiations are being run under the auspices of the Joint Military Commission — an umbrella body formed last year following a Zambian-mediated peace treaty. The JMC is tasked with ensuring that Congolese loyalists and Ugandan and Rwandan backed rebels observe the ceasefire. Zimbabwe, Namibia, Angola and Chad, Rwanda and Uganda all signed the pact, but fighting has been reported between loyalists and Rwandan backed rebels. The United Nations has endorsed the peace initiative and is planning to deploy a peacekeeping force in the area later this year.