The foreign minister of Belgium has urged the Democratic Republic of Congo to publish election results, reports AFP news agency.

"The important thing today is to publish the results of the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo even if they do not please the powers that be," Didier Reynders is quoted by AFP as saying to RTBF broadcaster.

DR Congo was due to announce the presidential election result at the weekend but instead, on Sunday, election commission head Corneille Nangaa urged patience, saying that a week after the poll just over half of ballots had been counted.

The UN Security Council has pushed back a meeting about DR Congo to Friday.