WASHINGTON: The US said that Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo promised to work to ease tensions and recommitted to a peace agreement that has failed to halt the violence.
The two neighbors signed an agreement in Washington in June after Rwandan-backed M23 rebels swept vast swaths of the mineral-rich and long-turbulent east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
But attacks have persisted on the ground, and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi recently accused Rwanda of seeking to annex the east of his country.
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi recently accused Rwanda of seeking to annex the east of his country.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly boasted of the DRC-Rwanda agreement — counting the conflict as one of several wars he has “ended” — and said it opens the way for the United States to secure minerals critical in advanced technologies.
