The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace agreement by the United States, which aims to end decades of struggle and promote development in Eastern Congo.
The deal has commission on regional integrity, prohibition of enmity and disintegration of non-state armed groups, disintegration and conditional integration.
It paves the way for US government and American companies to achieve access to important minerals in the region.
US President Donald Trump stated that he had “signed a deal for one of the worst wars, which someone has ever seen,” while state secretary Marco Rubio accepted the agreement as “a moment of imports after a 30 -year war”.
M23 compliance in question
Congo Foreign Minister, Theres Kayikwamba Wagner, and Rwanda Foreign Minister Olivier Naduhungire signed the agreement, both of them accepted that important work to end the violence.
“Some want to heal the wounds, but they will not completely disappear,” Wagner said. His changing counterpart emphasized that both shared development and cooperation would “unlock the tangible dividend” for both the country.
More than 100 armed groups are believed to be active in the eastern Congo, with the most prominent M23 rebel group of Rwanda.
The group made great progress earlier this year and snatched the two biggest cities of Eastern Congo and attractive mining sector.
However, the M23 rebels have indicated that the agreement would not be binding on them.
More than seven million people have been displaced in the conflict.
The United Nations has designed it as “one of the most prevalent, complex, severe humanitarian crises on Earth”.
Edited by: Louis Olofs
