The African Union, Qatar and the United States joined the oversight committee meeting in Washington.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have held the first meeting of a joint oversight committee, taking a step towards implementing a peace deal even as other commitments are yet to be fulfilled.
The African Union, Qatar and the United States joined the committee meeting in Washington on Thursday.
The committee “discussed progress on implementing the agreement”, among other things, a joint statement released by Rwanda and DRC on social media said on Friday.
The deal in June between Rwanda and DRC marked a breakthrough in talks held by US President Donald Trump’s administration, which aims to bring an end to fighting that has killed thousands and attracted billions of dollars of Western investment to a region rich in tantalum, gold, cobalt, copper, lithium and other minerals.
