Dr. Congo and Rwanda promise to agree to the peace plan until May 2

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed an agreement to comply with the sovereignty of their mutual and to come up with a project of a peace deal until May 2.

The deal was signed by the foreign ministers of both countries in Washington, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also attending the ceremony on Friday.

Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been displaced in recent months, as the Rwanda-supported rebels M23 have seized mineral-rich territory in East Congo.

After losing the territory, the Kinshasa government turned to the United States for help in exchange for access to minerals.

The links were so bad between the Congo and Rwanda that the Washington meeting and the promise of resolving disputes through dialogue is a sign of progress.

The text of the agreement states that both parties expect significant investments facilitated by the US government and the private sector.

Despite the conversations, reports that the battles continued on Friday in the province of North Kivu.

Earlier this week, C Congo and the M23 group said they were committed to peace, expressing hopes that a constant reconciliation could be achieved.

Officials in the Eastern Dr. Congo say that about 7,000 people have been killed there since January.

The decades of conflict has intensified since the beginning of the year, when the M23 organized an unprecedented offensive, seizing Goma and Bukavu – the two largest cities in the Eastern Congo – and caused fears of a wider regional war.

C Congo accuses Rwanda of arming the M23 and sends troops to support the rebels in the conflict.

Despite allegations from both the UN and the US, Rwanda denied supporting the M23.