WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to sign a peace agreement, the White House said. The meeting is expected to build on a U.S.-brokered peace deal reached in June and signed by the two countries’ foreign ministers, and […]
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Trump to host leaders of Rwanda, Congo on Thursday
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WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to sign a peace agreement, the White House said.
The meeting is expected to build on a U.S.-brokered peace deal reached in June and signed by the two countries’ foreign ministers, and an economic framework agreed on in November.
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group staged a lightning advance in eastern Congo this year, seizing the region’s two largest cities and raising fears of a wider war.
(Reporting by Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chris Reese)