US EditionWhite House Says DR Congo, Rwanda To Sign Deal Thursday
The agreement aims to end years of conflict involving the M23 rebel group and includes economic cooperation, though key implementation details remain unresolved.
- United States President Donald Trump will host leaders Félix Tshisekedi of the DRC and Paul Kagame of Rwanda on Thursday to sign a peace and economic agreement brokered by Trump.
- The agreement follows months of diplomatic talks aimed at ending conflict involving M23 rebels in eastern Congo, linked to a regional history from the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
- Despite progress, unresolved issues remain, including the status of M23 rebels and humanitarian aid, as well as Rwanda's alleged support for M23, which the Congolese government demands be withdrawn as a condition for the deal.
- The details of the agreement remain unclear, with issues including restoring state authority in the DRC.
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Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, and Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), will meet this Thursday in Washington to initialize the peace agreement reached last June with the mediation of Donald Trump. This agreement, ratified by the foreign ministers, aims not only to put an end to the disputes between the two countries but also to promote regional integration and normalization of relations between Kinshasa …
Congolese Presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame are expected this week in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., to ratify an agreement signed between the two countries last June. This text has not yet made it possible to silence the weapons in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This meeting was confirmed last night, Tuesday, December 2, by the American authorities.
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The Straits TimesCongo and Rwanda-backed rebels accuse each other of sabotaging peace deals
Dec 2 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's army and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels traded accusations of ceasefire violations on Tuesday, two days before the White House is set to host the signing of an accord to end fighting in the country's east.The United States and Qatar have been mediating talks aimed at restoring peace in North and South Kivu provinces where clashes have displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Rwanda has denied backing …
The presidents of Rwanda and the DRC, whose presences in the White House have been confirmed, will be received on December 4 by Donald Trump.
The President of the United States will accept the leaders of those countries for the signing of a peace agreement.
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