The presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame, signed a comprehensive peace agreement in Washington today, under the direct mediation of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The signing followed a trilateral meeting held at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
The agreement renews commitments made under the U.S.-brokered peace framework signed in June, as well as last month’s regional economic integration pact. It also introduces a new cooperation accord focused on the extraction of critical minerals in the region.
President Trump hailed the deal as “the end of a decades-long war,” expressing hope that relations between the two nations would shift toward productive economic partnership.
This development comes after months of intensive U.S. mediation aimed at resolving longstanding tensions, centered on Kinshasa’s accusations that Rwanda supports the M23 rebel movement in eastern Congo—allegations Kigali has consistently denied.
