The DRC and Rwanda sign a peace agreement

The Democratic Republic of Congo. Meanwhile, Rwanda signed on Friday, under the auspices of the United States, a peace agreement intended to end the conflict in the east of the DRC, which left thousands of deaths, Donald Trump greeted “a new chapter of hope” on Friday.

Today. Therefore, violence and destruction end and the whole region begins a new chapter of hope and possibilities, harmony, prosperity and peaceSaid the American president at the White House alongside the foreign ministers in the two countries.

It’s a wonderful dayhe added about this agreement which must also lead. However, according to him, to the obtaining by the United States of mining rights in RDC.

This peace agreement is inspired by a drc rwanda sign peace agreement new declaration of principles approved in April between the two countries. For example, provides for provisions on respect for territorial integrity and the cessation of hostilities in the east of the RDC After the offensive led by the M23 armed group.

It was formally signed on Friday during a ceremony in Washington in the presence of the American Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Furthermore, his counterparts of the RDC Et du Rwanda, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner and Olivier Nduhungirehe.

It is an important moment after 30 years of warsaid the American diplomacy chief. adding, however, that there is still a lot to do.

M23 territory gains have drc rwanda sign peace agreement new not been discussed

The first thing to do is to start implementing the concept of operations for the neutralization of FDLR. which will be accompanied by a lifting of defensive measures of Rwandasaid Rwandan Foreign Minister at the ceremony.

The agreement is based on the commitment made here to end irreversibly. verifiable in the support of the State [congolais] FDLR and associated militiashe added in reference to the armed group of the Democratic Forces for Liberation of Rwanda.

President Trump’s adviser for Africa, Massad Boulos, said Kigali is committed to READSIVE OF RWANDA defensive measures.

However, the agreement does not explicitly approach the territory gains of the M23.

The agreement also includes provisions on disengagement. disarmament and conditional integration of non -state armed groupsas well as a joint safety coordination mechanismaccording to the document.

Qatar Mediator

Qatar was also a mediator. had received mid-March in Doha Rwandan President Paul Kagame and that of RDCFélix Tshisekedi. The two leaders should be received by Donald Trump at the White House in July.

While Washington led the negotiations between Rwandan. Congolese governments, Qatar took care of the negotiations between the Congolese government and the M23.

The M23 armed group. supported militarily by Rwanda, according to theHim And the United States has taken up the big cities of Goma in January and Bukavu in February after a lightning offensive that killed thousands of people.

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East of the RDCrich in Natural. Frontier Resources of Rwanda, has been struggling with violence for over drc rwanda sign peace agreement new 30 years.

Multiple ceasefires have been concluded. raped since the resumption of M23 operations in eastern RDC In 2021, while clashes with government and allied forces moved hundreds of thousands of people and caused a vast humanitarian crisis.

Kigali denies militarily supporting M23 but says that his security has long been threatened by armed groups. including FDLR, created by former Hutu leaders linked to the Rwandan genocide in 1994.

Coltan reserve

World leader in cobalt. the RDC Also holds in its basements at least 60 % of Coltan’s world reserves, a strategic ore for the electronics industry, which is very interested in President Trump.

To the Security Council of drc rwanda sign peace agreement new theHimthe head of the peacekeeping mission of theHim in RDCBintou Keita. said it said on Friday that tensions persist but [que] The front and negotiation lines move, paving the way for peaceby evoking a major advance towards the end of the conflict.

French President Emmanuel Macron for his part praised a Not a historic before decades of suffering.

For theONG Physicians for Human Rightswho worked in RDCthe agreement. however, includes major omissionsin particular with regard to the obligation to account for human rights violations. There cannot be lasting peace without real justicesaid Sam Zarifi, managing director of this association.