Foreign Ministers Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (KDR) – Olivier Nduhungirehe and Thérese Kayikwamba Wagner – They signed in Washington in the presence of US diplomacy chief Marc Rubia Peace Agreement to terminate the conflict in the east of the KDR. According to AFP and Reuters reports, TASR reports this. The agreement was mediated by the United States, Qatar and the African Union.
Rubio has marked the signature of the agreement as “An important moment after 30 years of war”. He added that it is still necessary to do a lot of work, but the agreement will now allow people “have dreams and hope for a better life”. US President Donald Trump, according to AP, said before the signature at a press conference that he managed to succeed to claim an agreement for “one of the worst wars ever seen”. The White House chief added that the United States thus gained many rights for minerals from Congo.
The agreement is referred to by the US news agency for an important step towards peace in the KDR, where the conflict with more than 100 armed groups, of which the strongest supports Rwanda, since the 1990s caused death to millions of people.
The text of the agreement based on the Declaration of the Principles signed in April, “contains provisions on respect for territorial integrity and banning enemy actions ” In the eastern part of KDR. It also contains provisions on “distribution, disarmament and conditional integration of non -state armed groups”.
Rwanda Foreign Minister Nduhungirehe said after signing that KDR She agreed to end the support of the Hutu militants who are associated with the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. At that time, armed Hutua killed 800,000 Tutsi and hundreds of moderate Hutu.
The agreement is based on a commitment “on irreversible and verifiable termination of state support for FDLR (Democratic forces for the liberation of Rwanda, the rebel group of Rwanda Hutu) and the relevant militias, ”said Nduhungirehe.
Wagner, in turn, highlighted the promise regarding the respect of sovereignty. “By signing this agreement, we confirm the simple truth. Peace is the choice, but also the obligation to respect international law, to observe human rights and protect the sovereignty of states, ” said the head of the Diplomacy KDR.
The decades of the decaying conflict in the KDR escalated in January, when the rebels from the rebel movement of March 23 (M23) – which, according to US and UN experts, was militarily supported by Rwanda, which Kigali denied – seized Gomy, after which This was followed by the conquest of Bukava in February. The fighting claimed about 3,000 victims and worsened one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world – Approximately seven million people were displaced from this region.
The BBC reported that after the loss of the territory, the government of the KDR contacted the US for help and reportedly offered Access to important minerals in exchange for safety guarantees.
