The Foreign Minister of Foreign Minister Theresi Kayikavamba and his Rwandan counterpart, Olivier Naduhungrehe, are due to signing a peace agreement in the presence of State Secretary Marco Rubio in Washington this Friday. Allegedly, the White House is set to follow a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House.
Trump has already referred to the agreement as a “amazing treaty” before its final signature, but some important voices suspect whether the deal is being quite read.
Thousands of people have died and millions of people have been displaced in a struggle, which was ruled in 2021 when the M33 rebels launched their most recent aggressive aggressive in DRC.
Rwanda quickly increased as allegations of Rwanda, which implemented M23 insurance from across the border and was later confirmed by various international bodies including the US government and later confirmed.
Rwanda has repeated those claims, but still agreed to be committed to the peace deal.
“This agreement is a very important step towards establishing peace in the African Great Lex region,” says Yavon Muya, a political analyst focused on African affairs at St. Paul University in Canada.
“But no one yet knows whether it will wear it. It will depend mainly on two parties concerned, that is, the congregation and the randon officers.”
‘The world should not forget about DRC’
There is a great hope of resting on the agreement, which can potentially end 30 years unrest in Eastern DRC.
Tom Fletcher, Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCH) at the UN office for the coordination of the Under-Secretary General and UN office for Tom Fletcher, told DW that in the absence of any outdoor control to guarantee peace on the ground, I was greatly imported to ensure that everyone would bang the peace process. ,
“I hope this will help stabilize the situation here. Life is very difficult for the thesis communities,” Fletcher said.
“The world is distracted by Europe, Israel, Iran and so on. I am here to remind people that we should not forget about the Congo,” Fletcher said. Goma city, which is on the border with Rwanda, is witness to atrocities and fighting flaws.
“I was really surprised to see the rate of violence against women,” Fletcher said. “Although this peace process will provide a different life for Thesis communities, we need to strengthen international law and protect people. We have to ask: will this peace help the theme against sexual offenses, sexual violence?”
Pay attention to disgusting instead of conservation
The United Nations says that rape has historically and systematically used as a weapon of war in DRC M33 rebels and other groups, fighting to expand its impact.
But Shanti Sauda, which broke out by American and Katari diplomats, neither addresses sexual violence nor any measures for justice and restoration.
Instead, it determines the future that “will be made on respect for regional integrity and prohibition of all hostels”, and it wants to include a section on the disintegration of all “non-state armed groups”.
Muya meanwhile told DW, “There is mention of integrating armed groups, but only in strict circumstances,” meanwhile DW reported.
“This suggests that the mediators of the region have probably learned a lesson from previous efforts. They clearly remember how in the past, the congregation’s army was infiltrated by other armed or criminal groups and hence from suspicious figures.”
A transaction deal in signature trump style
Previous efforts to cancel and integrate rebel groups have given specific mixed results. The US brocade deal has subjected to the criticism of Escale for not paying enough attention to this particular aspect of conflict in the final draft of the document.
In fact, with the M23 representative walking out on the previous peace talks, the peace deal may be more as a truss.
While the agreement focuses on mistrust on the DRC side of the limit, it does not give any reference to the rusting forces, with a long time bees have been suspected of being suspicious in the struggle. Shanti Sauda rely on economic cooperation aimed at benefiting both countries.
According to a press statement, the agreement focuses on the construction of a “regional economic integration structure”, although further expansion is going.
“Both countries have at least committed to prevent all types of enmity. In this sense, [the peace deal] Mainly there is a process to restore the trust, “Muya told DW, expressing hop in this transaction.
Displacement crisis ignored
But Muya says that in the agreement “the human aspect is ignored”, discovering refugees and discovering as the return of displaced people.
Fletcher suggests because “communities have been displaced and unstable several times.”
He said, “We need to support the refugees, displaced with what they needed,” he said that the possibility of securing the money rebuating the region was difficult.
,[T]He is less generous, less kind in the world, actually. And so it is our job to explain [the international community] To provide necessary assistance, “Her said, as the United Nations deduction faces the major fine fall.
Peace in exchange for economic benefits?
Some analysts are afraid of the exploitative dimensions for the peace deal. Economic cooperation between DRC, Rwanda and the US has been criticized, which has been criticized as a very weak in view of the abundant mineral wealth of the region. Previously, this resource is a catalyst for Ben Regional Enmity in Money.
The Trump administration has suggested that it wants to expand its influence in Africa and compete with China.
The deal leaves the major African players who have recently tried to mediate and stabilize the region. The East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) have recently abandoned their troops from the region, completely abandoned by agreement in some urgency.
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Edited by: Cai Nebe
