Dr. Congo and Rwanda sign the long-awaited peace deal in Washington

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace deal in Washington aimed at ending a decades of devastating conflict between the two neighbors and potentially providing the profit access to US minerals.

The deal requires “separation, disarmament and conditional integration” of armed groups that fight in Eastern Congo.

Additional details are scarce and previous peaceful transactions in the region have failed – however, it has not deterred the American and Congoan presidents to create this as a victory for generations.

“This is a great day for Africa and … a great day for the world!”, President Donald Trump wrote about his social platform for the truth last week when an initial agreement was reached.

“Another diplomatic success for President Félix Tshisekedi – certainly the most important for over 30 years” said the Condo President’s Cabinet before signing on FridayS

The deal was signed by the Conggo and Ruland foreign ministers at the US State Department.

There is talk of Tshisekedi and Rwanda President Paul Kagame, who go to Washington to meet with Trump, although no date has been set.

Decades of conflict have escalated this year, when the M23 rebels conquered control over large parts of the Eastern Congo, including the regional capital, Goma, Bukavv and two airports.

Thousands of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands of civilians, forced by their homes after the recent offensive of the rebels.

Following the loss of territory, the Kinshasa government has addressed the United States for help, reporting that it offers access to critical minerals in exchange for security guarantees. Eastern Congo is rich in Coltan and other resources vital to the global electronics industry.

Rwanda denies supporting m23 Despite the huge evidenceHe insists that his military presence in the region is a defensive measure against threats made by armed groups such as FDLR – a rebel militia, composed to a large extent of an ethnic hutus related to the 1994 Rwand genocide.

Rwanda, for its part, accuses the Congo government of supporting FDLR, which is denied by D -Congo. Their presence is crucial to Kigali.

When a little information about the deal was published last weekA statement speaks of “provisions for respect for territorial integrity and banning hostilities”, but there was no specific data.

He also talks about “facilitating the return of refugees and internally displaced persons.”

According to a report from the Reuters Agency, Congoan negotiators had pushed for the immediate withdrawal of Rwanda soldiers., But Rwanda – which has at least 7,000 troops on Congoan soil – refusingS

In an angry statement the day before the transaction was signed, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Rwanda Olivier Nduinguheheheheheheheha was signed Convicted “The expiration of a project of a peace agreement”, saying that Rwanda “asked the other countries to respect the confidentiality of discussions”S

The calls for the overall withdrawal of Rwanda’s troops from the D -Congo are a major dispute.

But Nduhungirehe said “the words” defensive forces in Rwanda “,” Rwandan troops “or” withdrawal “is not seen in the document.”

Just hours before the signing ceremony, Tshisekedi’s office said the agreement “really envisages the withdrawal of Rwanda’s troops … (but) prefers the term to withdraw to withdraw simply because the” separation “is more compound.”

Unless and until you have full details of the transaction signed are public, several important questions remain unanswered:

• Will the M23 group from the areas they have occupied?

• Does “respect for territorial integrity” mean that Rwanda admits that there are troops in Eastern Congo and will withdraw them?

• Will the agreed “Return of Refugees” allow thousands of Congoan back from Rwanda?

• Does “disarmament” mean that the M23 will already put its weapons?

• Who will disarm FDLR after the failure of several previous attempts?

• Will the agreed humanitarian access allow the re -opening of the airports held by the rebels for delivery to help?

Before signing on Friday, Rwanda Government spokeswoman Yolande Macolo told the Reuters Agency that “lifting protective measures in our border zone” would depend on the “neutralization” of FDLR.

One of the main participants in today’s conflict – the M23 rebels – were generated by a previous peace deal 16 years ago, which failed to ensure demobilization.

Last year, experts in Rwanda and Congo eventually Angola retired as a mediator in March.