Gen Nkunda says he is protecting DR Congo's Tutsi community
A tense stand-off has developed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between government troops and rebels loyal to Gen Laurent Nkunda.
Government forces are advancing towards the rebel stronghold of Mushaki, a BBC reporter at the scene says.
Gen Nkunda told the BBC he will ignore a Monday deadline to start disbanding his army, and called for talks.
But President Joseph Kabila, who flew to the region, was not interested in negotiations, a spokesman said.
The president "is not going along with this negotiations story any more" and would stamp out rebel violence in the east, spokesman Kudura Kasongo told Reuters news agency.
"The head of state, with his government, has decided to end this situation of insecurity," he added.
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