What The Agreement Entails

On Friday June 27, 2025, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a United States-brokered peace agreement. The agreement marks a breakthrough in talks hosted by President Donald Trump’s administration. At a ceremony in Washington, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe and Congo Foreign Minister, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, signed the agreement pledging to; implement a 2024 deal that would see Rwandan troops withdraw from eastern Congo within 90 days. Kinshasa and Kigali will also launch a regional economic integration framework within 90 days, the agreement said. The agreement signed on Friday voiced "full support" for the Qatar-mediated talks. 
It also says Congo and Rwanda will form a joint security coordination mechanism within 30 days and implement a plan agreed last year to monitor and verify the withdrawal of Rwandan soldiers within three months.  Congolese military operations targeting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Congo-based armed group that includes remnants of Rwanda's former army and militias that carried out the 1994 genocide, are to end over the same timeframe. The agreement says Rwanda and Congo will de-risk mineral supply chains and establish value chains “that link both countries, in partnership, as appropriate, with the U.S. and U.S. investors.” The terms carry “a strategic message: securing the east also means securing investments.” 
On territorial integrity, the Parties agreed to implement the Harmonized Plan for the Neutralization of the FDLR and Disengagement of Forces/Lifting of Defensive Measures by Rwanda (CONOPS) of October 31, 2024, as provided for in the Agreement. The parties agreed that differences shall be resolved through processes established by the Agreement and other relevant agreements, rather than through hostilities. They agreed to refrain from any acts of aggression, not to engage in, support, or condone any military incursions or other acts, whether direct or indirect, that threaten the peace and security, ...