President of the United States, Donald Trump, is set to host leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday.
Aljazeera reports, DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda President Paul Kagame will sign a “historic peace and economic agreement that [President Trump] brokered”, said Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.
This after the foreign ministers of the DRC and Rwanda signed a preliminary peace agreement at a White House event in June 2025.
M23 rebels with alleged support of Rwanda, resurged in 2021, fought the DRC government in North Kivu province in a conflict with roots in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that at least 319 civilians were killed in the province in July, shortly after the initial US deal.
Other aspects of the deal related to a timeline; details of humanitarian aid delivery and the return of individuals have not been agreed upon yet.
A DRC presidential spokesperson said in November that any agreement must assure “territorial integrity” of the country.