Reuters reported that the United States is seeking to conclude a peace agreement, which requires the withdrawal of the Rwandan forces from the east of the Republic. Democratic Congo Before signing any item, which is more likely to cause Kigali anger, which is considered an existential threat to the Congo armed groups.
The US President’s administration is led Donald Trump Talks to end the fighting in the eastern Congo, and attracting billions of dollars in the area rich in minerals, such as tentalum, gold, cobalt, copper and lehium.
In a previous statement to Reuters, Trump’s chief consultant for African Affairs, Massad Paul, said that Washington wanted to finish a peace agreement within about two months, an ambitious timetable for a struggle that has roots linked to genocide in Rwanda more than 3 decades ago.
One of the conditions of the signing is that Rwanda withdraws its forces and military equipment from the Congo.
4 diplomats confirmed the authenticity of the document that was not mentioned in its history, and they said it was prepared by US officials concerned with the eastern Democratic Crisis of the Congo.
The draft exceeds the declaration of the principles signed by the foreign ministers of the two countries last April in the capital, Washington, where it said that the two sides will make any security concerns in a way that respects the sovereignty and integrity of the lands of both parties.
Rwanda’s confession
Since the rebels took control of the main areas in the eastern Democratic Congo, Rwanda has sent between 7,000 to 12,000 soldiers to support the M22 fighters.
After a lot of denying the association with the rebels, Rwanda recently confessed to the presence of its forces, saying that their presence in the eastern Congo falls within the framework of self -defense against the Congolese army and associated Hoto militias By genocide 1994.
According to sources, she spoke to Reuters, Rwanda did not respond to the US agreement to the American agreement until last week, and its Foreign Minister, Olivier Nadehungheri, said that experts from the two countries will meet these days in Washington To discuss the agreement.
In a related context, a senior official in the office of Congolese President Felix Chisicidy accused the state of Rwanda of procrastination, noting that the withdrawal of its forces from the eastern regions is one of the basic conditions for signing the agreement.
Qatari efforts
On the level of the crisis related to the rebellion in the eastern regions, the Congo is in negotiations with the M23 movement, to reach an agreement that ends the fighting between them.
A source familiar with these talks revealed that Qatar submitted a draft proposal for the two parties last week, and that the two delegations would return to consult with their leaders before the resumption of negotiations.
However, a rebel official said that the progress of a final agreement was still slow, especially with regard to the delivery of the M22 to the areas it controls.
He was the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani He met the Presidents of the Congo and Rwanda last March in the capital, Doha, to discuss ways to stop the conflict in the east of the Congo.