Overview

• DRC Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner and Rwanda’s Olivier Nduhungirehe signed the deal in Washington on June 27 under the auspices of Secretary of State Marco Rubio
• The accord obliges both governments to respect territorial integrity, prohibit hostilities and pursue the disengagement, disarmament and conditional integration of non-state armed groups
• It requires formation of a joint security coordination mechanism within 30 days and creation of a regional economic integration framework within 90 days
• President Trump said the United States will secure significant mineral rights to attract Western investment in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces
• Observers warn the M23 rebel group is not bound by the agreement and that enforcement remains untested as more than seven million people remain displaced