DRC Foreign minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner (left) and Rwanda's Olivier Nduhungirehe sign the Declaration of Principles between the two countries facilitated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on April 25, 2025.
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have agreed to refrain from providing state military support to each other’s non-state armed groups within and across their borders, in a declaration of principles signed under the auspices of a US-brokered agreement on Friday.
The agreement, signed in Washington and facilitated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, opens the door to a possible peace deal between the two countries, which have long traded accusations of backing each other’s rebels.
