"It is an amazing day: great day for Africa, great day for the world and for these two countries, Trump said. And they have so much to be proud of. The agreement was originally reached in June. DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame had met in Qatar in March, initiating the talks that led to the deal. Thursday's ceremony finalises the accords."
"The agreement has raised hopes of ending the conflict in the DRC, where the March 23 Movement (M23), a Rwanda-backed armed group, has been advancing deeper into the resource-rich east of the country. The renewed violence had raised fears of a full-blown conflict, akin to the wars that the DRC endured in the late 1990s, which involved several African countries and killed millions of people."
The United States hosted the presidents of Rwanda and the DRC to finalise a US-brokered peace agreement and to announce Washington will buy rare earth minerals from both countries. The ceremony formalises accords reached in June after March talks in Qatar between DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Violence on the ground has continued despite the agreement, but the deal requires Rwanda to end support for the M23 rebel group and the DRC to help neutralise Hutu militias, notably the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda. Both countries must respect each other’s territorial integrity and pursue regional economic integration. The agreement raises hopes of ending fighting in the resource-rich eastern DRC, where M23 advances and renewed violence evoked fears of 1990s-scale wars that killed millions.
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