Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has announced that no agreement will be signed between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo this week, June 15, 2025, in Washington.
He reiterated this when responding to a message about the agreement that was to be signed this week between the two sides.
He said: “No agreement will be signed this week, June 15, 2025, in Washington. Mid-June was the target that had been agreed upon in advance for the agreement to be signed at the White House, but it had to be adapted to the nature of the talks.”
Nduhungirehe continued: “After various email conversations between the US, Congolese and Rwandan leaders, face-to-face talks between a group of experts are now starting in Washington. The goal is to have a clear dialogue based on truth and to reach an agreement that is mutually beneficial. Once reached, it will be submitted to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs for approval and then to the heads of state for signature.”
The United States of America was involved in these negotiations between the two sides.”
This agreement, in order to be signed, includes many things that must be done first before it is signed, including that the Democratic Republic of the Congo must first resolve the insecurity problems that threaten Rwanda, especially the problem of the FDLR, which is dominated by the rebels who committed the Genocide against the Tutsi in April 1994.
If the agreement is signed, the US says it will sign agreements with both countries, but the DRC will be the most valuable because it has the most natural resources.
The US says that some of its mining companies are in talks to invest $1.5 billion in the DRC, and the US Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is said to be the one to oversee the trade agreements on the US side if the agreement is signed.
