Francois Habitegeko in a statement termed the allegations as baseless and false.

On Monday, a spokesman for the DR Congo's South Kivu governor accused Rwandan forces of assisting the rebels to attack Congolese army positions and villages in Rutshuru territory.

General Sylvain Ekenge said that two men, allegedly soldiers from the Rwandan army, had been captured during the fighting.

But Rwanda dismissed the allegations, saying that its army was not in any way involved in the neighbouring country.

Mr Habitegeko said the names mentioned were brought up at a meeting between the two governments in February, but Kigali was never given the opportunity to interrogate the intelligence from the DR Congo.

This is the second time since November last year that the M23 rebels have attacked villages in eastern DR Congo.

The group says it is fighting for the rights of ethnic Congolese Tutsis.

The UN has previously accused both Uganda and Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels.