Overview

• Kigali and Kinshasa pledge to end state support for the M23 rebel group and to neutralize the FDLR militants
• A joint security coordination body will oversee cessation of hostilities and monitor the withdrawal of defensive measures
• The pact mandates a regional economic integration framework within three months to channel foreign investments into eastern DRC’s mineral sector
• President Trump touted U.S. access to the DRC’s cobalt and lithium reserves as a key payoff of the accord
• UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed the agreement as a major step toward stability, but rights groups warned it omits mechanisms to prosecute past abuses