Washington peace talks a ‘good step’ – President Kagane
President Paul Kagame has described the possibility of holding discussions with DR Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi, in Washington D.C, as a positive step toward resolving the crisis in eastern DR Congo, but emphasised that lasting peace will only come if the countries directly involved take responsibility.
Kagame made the remarks on Thursday 27 November 2025, while responding to journalists’ questions about reports that he may meet his Congolese counterpart in Washington as part of ongoing efforts to address the conflict in eastern DR Congo.
Rwanda and DR Congo signed a U.S.-brokered agreement on June 27 in Washington, D.C. One of the agreement’s key priorities is the neutralisation of FDLR, a Kinshasa-backed genocidal militia operating in eastern DR Congo that was formed by remnants of the perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi who fled to the then-Zaire after their defeat by the Rwanda Patriotic Army.
“We have had people visit Rwanda and DR Congo and rush to the UN Security Council and make announcements and pass resolutions. That’s why in the first years we spent a lot of time on that without having anything tangible in place,” Kagame said, explaining that the Washington process is “a good step in the right direction,” even though the outcome remains uncertain.
