Overview
- Presidents Paul Kagame and Félix Tshisekedi signed the agreement in Washington in the presence of U.S. President Donald Trump.
- The United States also brokered bilateral economic deals with both countries that secure access to critical minerals including cobalt and lithium.
- Reporters and officials describe a fragile ceasefire, with clashes continuing in eastern DR Congo and the M23 still controlling Goma and Bukavu.
- Kinshasa insists on a verifiable withdrawal of Rwandan forces and respect for sovereignty, while Kigali conditions any pullback on an end to state support for the FDLR.
- Separate talks with the M23 continue in Doha, and regional actors warn that excluded militias and cross-border deployments, including Burundian troops supporting Congo’s army, threaten implementation.